CIVIL SERVICE

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 142, 18 May 1932, Page 2

CIVIL SERVICE

P. AND T. EMPLOYEES’ ASSOCIATION. GOVERNMENT WITHDRAWS RECOGNITION. Per Press Assoc ation. WELLINGTON, May 17. It is announced to-day that the Government has withdrawn its recognition of the Post and Telegraph Employees’ Association and, consequently, the following privileges are no longer available to the association or its members : The collection of subscriptions by the department, for which a charge was made. The right of delegates to attend meetings of the association on full pay up to ten days in each year. Tho right of paid officers to enter upon post office properties to see the staff and discuss conditions.

Tho right to put association notices up m post offices. The right of representatives of the association to represent the employees’ case to tho department and tho Ministry. POSITION BEING WATCHED CLOSELY. The possibility of other Civil Service organisations receiving tho same treatment as tho Post and Telegraph Employees’ Association cannot lie overlooked. It was- ascertained this morning that the Government is watching the position very closely and it wdl not hesitate to take action should the circumstances warrant it. In the case of the Post and Telegraph Employees’ Association, it was felt by the Government that an intolerable position had arisen. ■ “It was absolutely impossible to carry on under such conditions,” said one member of the Government to-day. '!'he Katipo will no longer be permitted in post offices.