BACK TO WORK.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 225, 23 August 1932, Page 7

BACK TO WORK.

THE WATERSIDE DISPUTE,

MEN RESUME AT WELLINGTON

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WELLINGTON Aug. 23. Tho "Wellington watersiders, after a meeting this morning, which lasted about twenty minutes, resumed work at the new wages, but under tho old conditions.

It was officially announced last night that an arrangement had been made between the employers and the New Zealand Waterside Workers’ Federation for the resumption of work pending a further discussion which will be commenced forthwith.

HITCH AT LYTTELTON

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CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 22,

Although the waterside workers at Lyttelton who refused to work overtime oil tho liner Rangitata on Saturday afternoon resumed work to-day, it is alleged that “go-slow” tactics were adopted, and consequently the amount of work done was considerably less than usual. At 4.45 the men were ordered to continue at work until all the mea.t on the wharf was loaded, but they left the job before 5 o’clock and two vans of meat had to be returned to the works.

THE POSITION AT DUNEDIN,

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DUNEDIN, Aug. 22. A conference between the owners and watersiders was held this morning. Tho owners suggested that the men should return to work under protest. At a later meeting the union deferred their decision until to-morrow. There was no work to-day and the Canadian Conqueror will sail this afternoon for Australia with 200 tons of Dunedin cargo unloaded.

FULL QUOTA WORKING

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DUNEDIN

Aug. 23

The full quota of 280 watersiders are working to-day under the old conditions and at tho new -wage rates, the latter being under protest.

HOLD-UP AT WESTPORT

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WESTPORT, Aug. 22,

The position on the waterfront is unaltered. Three steamers, the Kiwitea, the Ka-imai and the Canopus, and the auxiliary schooner Fairburn are in port. Labour was called for at 8 a.m., 1 p.m., and 4 p.m., but without response, and it is not known whether there will be any change of attitude to-morrow.

GISBORNE MEN STILL OUT.

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GISBORNE, Aug. 23. The watersiders again refused employment to-day, intimating that no official advice was available from headquarters respecting the compromise. The last instructions received were to combat the new rates and conditions and the Gisborne watersiders are still acting on that direction.

FOXTON MEN WORK UNDER

PROTEST.

(From Our Own Correspondent). FOXTON, Aug. 23. Considerable interest was evinced in tho arrival in port of the small vessel Foxton yesterday on account of the waterside trouble. Thoro were several groups of watersiders present as tho Foxton arrived and it was then quite evident that tho men had decided not to work as no ono was forthcoming to assist in tying tho vessel up as is usual, this being left to tho vessel’s agents to carry out. As soon as the boat had been made fast a call for labour to work tho cargo was made which met with a unanimous refusal. A discussion then ensued botween the men and the agents, which resulted in a telephone call being put through to Lyttelton, when it was ascertain that tho Foxton had been loaded by union workers at tho now rates of pay. On this being communicated to the men with tlio additional information that work was being proceeded with on similar lines at other ports, they gathered in consultation. While tlio conference was in progress, however, a telegraph messenger arrived with a telegram from the Wellington Watersiders’ Association, the parent body of the local association, advising the men to demand tho old rates of pay and in tho event of being refused, to work the vessel at tlio new rates under protest. Acting on this, tho men accepted work under tho new agreement under protest and the discharging of tho vessel was commenced.