BRIEF PEACE
BUIERON6 DISPUTE MAY RECUR' ULTIMATUM ON SHIFT WORK (Rec. 12.50 p.m.) SYDNEY: Oct. 20. Union officials fear that the settlement of the Bunnerong dispute will not last, because no settlement of the shiftwork problem, which caused the strike, has been found. A meeting of powerhouse engine drivers, who are the bey men, agreed to resume work only under protest. The engine drivers have issued what, in effect, is an ultimatum to the Federal Government demanding the introduction by November 30 of legislation to provide that the shift men work four hours less week than the other workers. They have also demanded that the inquiry into shift work ordered by Mr J. B. Chifley (Prime Minister) should be made by a Royal Commission and not by the Arbitration Court judge. If these demands are not met, and the engine drivers strike again, Bunnergong power house will he automatically idle.
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Evening Star, Issue 25619, 20 October 1945, Page 7
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150BRIEF PEACE Evening Star, Issue 25619, 20 October 1945, Page 7
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