SUGAR WORKERS' DISPUTE

Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 190, 12 August 1920, Page 2

SUGAR WORKER S' DISPUTE

'THREAT TO CEASE WORE.

The sugar workers' dispute at Auckland has assumed a more serious :»spect as a result of the failure to .achieve; a settlement through tne medium of the Conciliation Council. Members of the union have given the employers notice that unless the -dispute is "settled on the basis of the c ■union's original demands they will cease operations at midnight on August 11th. The demands referred to were tor : a 44-hour week, and all-round in- • crease of £1 a week, and better working conditions. The demand for an additional pound a week was reduced by half during the conciliation proceedings, but the best offer made by the employers failed to reach the .jreduced sum-by 4s.