LABOUR WORLD.

Grey River Argus, 17 January 1928, Page 6

LABOUR WORLD.

THE EMPLOYERS’ LIMIT. Increased Wages Refused. TRAMWAY WORKERS. CHRISTCHURCH, January IG. When the Conciliation Council met this morning to hoar the Tramway Workers’ dispute, the assessors for the Board declared that the Board would not give any increase in wages. A representative of the £nion eontended that motormen and conductors were not being adequately paid for tb.e strain which was placed upon them. Mr William Hayward said the employers in New Zealand have gon? the limit. We can’t give away a farthing. The assessors for the Board offered a renewal of the old award. WATERSIDE WORKERS’ GRIEVANCE. AUCK.L A ND. J anua ry IG. Several non-unionist waterside workers complained, to-day, that they had made application for admittance as members of the Watersiders’ Union, and had been, told I her? was no chance of having the requests acceded to. The Secretary of the Union declined to discuss the situation, and said several hundred non-unionists assembled at the wharf each morning, and frequently the Union members had to go without employment.