MANAWATU FLAXMILLS
TROUBLIi PENDING. Li'tii. rjl£aa **SUL' .JJttrt.J N., TJiis Day. .Neil- c.e:ji.aiKic> by swamp hands in tiio flax industry have been presented to tliu llaxmiliers ; and as some have not been agreed to there is a possibility Of trouble. At a raeetot the Flaxmill Employees' I nion tlio following resolution was p.iKsod : j liiit this meeting exl)resfi regret at the unsatisfactory replies received from the Flax millers' Association to their requests for alteration of conditions of work of men employed in swamps; that the Union requests an immediate answer to each of the clauses embodied in their claims; and, failing this, they will call a mass meeting to deal with the matter—either with or without the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act." The demands deal mainly jvith conditions of work, and only indirectly with remuneration, which is almost entirely piece work.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 February 1912, Page 3
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141MANAWATU FLAXMILLS Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 February 1912, Page 3
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