REFUSAL TO WORK
MINERS’ REQUEST. Per Press Association. INVERCARGILL, Dec. 2. At a stop-work _ meeting, miners employed by the Linton Coal Company decided by an overwhelming majority to refuse to work until a dismissed trucker is reinstated. A general meeting of all miners will be held on Sunday, when the question will be made a district matter. Mr G. L. Cross, general manager of the Linton Coal Company, said that the dispute had occurred on Friday, and following a discussion with the union representatives on Monday morning the trucker had been allowed to return to work pending a full investigation. After the inquiry had been made fl had been decided to dismiss the trucker.
Mr A. V. Prendeville, . secretary of
the Nightcaps District Miners’ Union, said to-night that the strike at the mine was definitely on. He contended that the company had broken an agreement concerning the dismissals of workmen, by not giving them 14 days’ notice. In reply to this Mr Cross. said that a fortnight’s notice was only necessary when a man was dismissed through no fault of his own. This dismissal was a summary one for misconduct on the part of an employee and the company was not committing a breach of the working agreement.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 6, 4 December 1937, Page 14
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208REFUSAL TO WORK Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 6, 4 December 1937, Page 14
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