LIGHTNING STRIKE
COLD STORAGE WORKERS
OVER DISMISSAL OF EMPLOYEES
BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received Jail. 24, 12.40 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 23. A lightning strike of a thousand Overside meat workers employed by the Union Cold Storage Company began last night, owing to the dismissal ot seven workers, one of whom was a Transport Union official. The company stated that staff reductions were necessary, owing to the state of the trade. They had done everything possible to help the men. view of* the prevalent unemployment but would be no longer dictated to by the trade union. ll is alleged that, extremists engineered the strike, which was semioffiinal. The company repudiates the allegation that victimisation had been exercised in regard to the discharges. •—Reuter.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 24 January 1925, Page 7
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121LIGHTNING STRIKE Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 24 January 1925, Page 7
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