THE CHUTU DISPUTE

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 15 December 1920, Page 5

THE CHUTU DISPUTE

MILL CLOSED INDEFINITELY

O!Y TKI/ROHA.PVr-— "T7SP AK<SOHTA7/ON TAIHAPE, Dec. 14. The members of the King Country Sawmill and Timber Workers' Union at the Ohutu box mill submitted their finai demand to the- owners this morn- i ing. They aire willing to resume work, on the following conditions: (1) That the employers recognise the union; (2) that the employers' representatives agree to meet the union's representa- j tives to discuss and draw up a scale; of wages and conditions for the ensuing twelve months; (3) that the conference Sit not later than the seventh day from the resumption of work. j The above demands were not acceded to by the company, and the mill is closed indefinitely. The employers con_ tend that as the award was made as recently as August 23 last, and as the union is not constitutionally registered and will not register under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, no lasting good can result from further conferring, < so the mill has been closed, and the men have received notice to quit the cottages.