“WAIT AND SEE”
UNION’S ATTITUDE NO CHANGE IN FRONT “UP TO THE EMPLOYERS" (P.A.) AUCKLAND. Dec. 7. Whether the watersiders will pursue more direct steps to press their claims for a guaranteed daily wage, increased wages, an improvement in amenities and no Saturday morning calls has not yet been considered by the national executive of the Watersiders’ Union, according to the national president. Mr. H. Barnes, who returned from Wellington yesterday. He said the union’s immediate attitude was “to wait and see” because it was considered that the next move would come from the employers. Mr. Barnes added that if the employers were not prepared to make a move, the union would maintain its attitude of refusing overtime and of working a 40-hour week, Monday to Friday The union had not discussed file Prime Minister’s statement and Mr. Barnes said he had no comment to make.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22199, 9 December 1946, Page 8
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