ENGINEERS SUPPORTED

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22588, 17 March 1948, Page 6

ENGINEERS SUPPORTED

PUBLIC SERVICE GROUP

MANGAKINO SUB-SECTION (P.A.) AUCKLAND. March 16. An open declaration of support for the engineers in the dispute at Mangakino has been made by the local subsection of the Public Service Association.

Another important development in the strike is a statement by the executive of the Mangakino branch of the Workers' Union that the dispute is being handed to the Federation of Labour by the union's national officials. The Mangakino sub-section of the Public Service Association at a meeting of about 90 members passed resolutions supporting the engineers, deploring the circumstances leading to the strike, and criticising the lack of publicity given to the case by the Works Department. The meeting stated: “We are satisfied that the engineers are not fighting unionism, but are fighting a disruptive element which is not working in the best interests of this important work.” NOT BEEn ’cONSULTED

CIVIL SERVICE ATTITUDE (P.A.) WELLINGTON, March 17. The national executive committee of the Public Service Association passed the following resolution at a meeting last night:— “This meeting dissociates itself from the resolutions reported to have been carried by the Mangakino branch of the association in relation to the present industrial dispute in that district on the grounds that the association has not at any stage been consulted or made aware of the facts of the dispute by the parries concerned."