THE SHEARERS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 15 May 1922, Page 5

THE SHEARERS.

REQUEST FOR CONFERENCE. \BY TELEGRA^w PJiTSS«S ASSOeL#TION ./ WELLINGTON, May 13. In connection with the industrial dispute that is now pending affecting the; shearers and shed hands of the Dominion the New Zealand Sheepowners' Federation has written to the N«w Zealand Workers' Union, of which the : shearers are members, asking that a Dominion conference be arranged with '- a view to reaching an agreement for a new award for shearers and shed hands, f It is suggested that the conference! should be held at as early a date as' possible. I Mr C. Grayndler, secretary of the New Zealand Workers' Union, has re-. plied sating that he is in favour of a' Dominion conference, and that he will I place the whole question before the dif- j ferent shearers' unions. • It is likely that" a conference will be held at Wellington in June. Actually, what wages and conditions the sheep-! owners propose should be adopted have not been disclosed.