FREEZERS' DISPUTE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11827, 7 January 1933, Page 5

FREEZERS' DISPUTE

\ AT BURNSIDE J' INAUGURATED 0 the holidays the slaughtered at: Burnside were advised that o l]l would • again £© available for Jem under the employers’ terms, .but L re was no response from:’ thorn \ e n the works opened on Wednes- ' l yfco labor was engaged. Certain jnea were missing froin other depart--10 nts of tbo works, but it- is anticip%d that ■ many of those will return t the nest day or two. ' than the Usual: quantity of meat was put through to-day, as the in view of contingents iad arranged for les s stock, to on hand. Work was caried out on the new system —tho chain-of string vtcm. Under this each man carries p U t one operation from th e time the sleep or lamb is killed till it is dressready for the freezing chamber, instead of one man carrying out the ffbole operation, as formely. This system is in operation in works in AmerlC^jj 0 management considers that un£eT tho -new system greater, efficiency nrill bp obtained. and that' there will kg beneficial results to the by-prod-ucts .departments. At the • same time it will givo employment to a greater number of men, though individual x3 tes will ho lower. Altogether, about 270 men aTe employed in' all departments at Burnside during the killing E e3:on, which as a rule extends to the beginuing of July. WELLINGTON MEAT CO.’F WORKS IXCBEASE IN FREE LABOR .' finishing touches were-' added ou j,ursaay evening t-o an. extension 01 i chain-rail system ox slaugntenug iucperatioq at. tiro works of me \Veljjigton 31eat Export Company. As a the number of free labor hand's : at work on Friday morning was increased from 115 to 138. Up to Thursday live chain-rails, each attended by a gang ox 23 men, ivere in operation. Friday morning’a addition will make the sixth, and oy Monday morning a seventh, employing another 23 hands, will be in readiness. The live original chain rails, installed to facilitate the -training of free labor which is replacing aicr - ist-s who have refused ycy& under revised wages raxes and conditions, were accommodated in the space formerly occupied by a boa.rd containing hooks for 27; solo slaughtermen. Under the sole? system each man carried, out the complete slaughtering operation, whereas the work T s now divided into a number of operations, each performed, by a man trained in that branch of the .work. In other words 115 men have found employment in place of 27 union slaugntermen. The sixth chain rail manned is accommodated on the second of three hoards in’ the works, and, toget-hei with the seventh chain rail, replaces 32 solo hooks. The third board, which cc|(diins 28 hooks, may not he utilised under tho mew system. It is reported that one urn on slaughtermen reported for work ou Thursday morning:, otherwise the position as between the unionists and the company remains unchanged.