RAILWAY RESOLUTIONS

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1702, 16 December 1919, Page 6

RAILWAY RESOLUTIONS

,u a meeting- last night of the Amalgamated S. -iffy o] Sormite reso ntioiaf v. ere paused as follows :-(H l * branch ask iho general secretary whatso • • if any, are being taken by the J.\eciit Conheil to enforce our demands tor a min.-, \va (r o for our members ami their dependents. \\u wish the executive to understand that our demands are urgent and necessary, ami that'we are prepared to take steps, however drastic to obtain relief from the conditions now existing, if the Department does 1 not immediately drop their go-slow policy | in connection with our increase of ■ wages, | which is long overdue. (2) that tins brancu 1 draw the attention of the general secretary I to the fact that the signalling stall at tins ; station is short-handed and tho men are i bein'" asked to work excessive hours, and also "to break the regulations governing the working of signal boxes. This shortage <>l men is'owing to the low wages and rotten conditions in the service forcing experienced men out to seek more rcm unci an -<’ ' and better conditions than can be obtained jin the service, and the same rotten comhl tions and low wages are preventing men front joining the service. (3) 'Unit the meinI hers’ of this branch absolutely, refuse to worli overtime to obtain a living wage and they! wish to impress on the minds of ihe Executive Council that the time is rot>i-r----ripo for an increase of wages to meet the ever-increasing demands of the pmfiteeh’iig ch-sshs and to obtain some _ small relief, especially to the members with families of children to clothe and feed. (4) That tins ' branch ask tho general secretary to point ! out to tho general manager the fact that j there are no first-grade shunters" in any of i (lie shunting pangs in this yard, and to ask for Tlie 'reason why'some' of the gangs are composed entirely of porters, and also why there are no first-grade shunters in charge of any of the five gangs, and request an immediate remedy of this state of affairs. 'ldio North Canterbury branch of the Railway Institute has passed resolutions complaining of tho salaries not being in accordance with tho Classification Act.