RELIEF STRIKE
315 MEN STOP Around Christchurch (Per Press Association). CHRISTCHURCH. May 10. Only 200 men failed to report for duty out of 1400', and work is proceeding everywhere without, interruption. The strike committee, still expresses confidence, but elsewhere the belief exists that the strike has signally tailed. CHRISTCHURCH, May 16. Oit of 1520 unemployed men who should have commenced work o n relief jobs in Christchurch, Lyttelton and the environs this morning, 315 responded to the call to strike as a protest againl t the new rates of pay. There was little picketing. The pol T < e organisation in preventing picketing was very efficient. The biggest group of strikers were , hose employed by the Railway Department. Of the 166 men employed, 106 s- ruck. Eighty of the 106 were engag'd in clearing weeds, off the Middleton Railway Yards, which yards are not now used. At Lyttelton 43 out of 52 men struck. Forty me n ou r of th? 268 employed by the City Council joined the strike, aiihough these are pa d with the City Council’s subsidy, at th 0 rate of 14s fid per day. At Riccarton, th? 25 relief workers, employed by he Bo.ough Council, all truck. On all the other works, the strikers have numbered quite a small proportion of those employed. Wellington Strike THE MAJORITY OUT. WELLINGTON, May 10. Slightly over one thousand unemployed men are at work on the relief jobs this morning, out of over two thousand, who wore due to start. There was no picketing. All jobs were visited by the police. There was no evidence of any intcference with the men at work. A deputation from a mass meeting 01 unemployed relief workers, numbering eleven hundred, waited this morning on the Alliance of Labour, Trades and Labour Council, and Local Labour Representation Commitlp.o The official report, issued later stat- j ed that the uiiemplovod had the lull support of the Labour movement iu ! Wellington-, and every effort would bo ' ,made to bring about a satisfactory settlement of the dispute -Further conferences are ponding. WELLINGTON, May 16. It was stated by the Labour Department officials at four o’clock this Jtftcrnoon that 1116 men had been at work on the relief jobs in Wellington. An allocation had been made for 2000 though more could have been placed, had they reported for work. The day was cold, with frequent heavy showers. Most of the jobs were visited by the police, but there was no active picketing. Negotiations are continuing between the Strikers’ Committee and the Alliance of Labour Committee. Organised Labour is co-operating with the strikers with a view to rendering every possible assistance.
A soup kitchen at the Trades Hall is caring for those taking part in the various meetings.
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Grey River Argus, 17 May 1932, Page 5
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458RELIEF STRIKE Grey River Argus, 17 May 1932, Page 5
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