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WESTPORT COAL COMPANY.
-©» AGREEMENT' WITH MEN.. (Per Press Association.) OUNEDIN,- May 7. An important agreement has been irrived at between the Westport Coal and .ho men employed in heir mines.. This is the result of much negotia--ons. As far back as November, the unions on the West Coast forwarded to the Company a set of demands, differing materially from die conditions then existing", but as the holidays were close at hand, tho Company requested that the. niat.cr, should 'be held over Until after the New Year. This was agreed to, and a conference was held in February, between representatives 'of the. unions and the Company, and the questions in dispute have been under discussion e-ver aince. The demands *A the unions marked ■such a radical alteration in the working conditions tha: considerable difficulty was experienced in framing: an .ltfreemen: acceptable to both sides, but after a number of conferences, conducted with the. best of feeling, an understanding- was arrived at, and M\ agreement with a. currency of twelve months drawn \tp, and signed by both pai'ties. So ended a difficulty that nave n good deal of -concern . to all interested. The men, it is uriderstoodj benefit considerably by the new agreement. It may be mentioned, incidentally that so, jrreat is tho demand for coal just now that the Company find. i. impossible to got a sufficient number of competent miners to meet- their requirements.
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Grey River Argus, 9 May 1912, Page 8
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