WESTFIELD DISPUTE.
RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Aug. 23. Although official confirmation is lacking, it is understood an agreement was reached on Monday by the disputes committee, which conferred on the questions affecting dressing-room accommodation and the size of lockers, which were the cause of the strike at the Westfield freezing works last week. At first, it is stated, the employers agreed to all the proposals made by the men, with the exception .of onoS concerning the 'distance between the lockers, but this also was subsequently conceded.
That some hitch occurred later is apparent, according to reports current to-night. It is said that, while the men’s delegates reached an agreement with the employers, they later insisted that the agreemnt should lie ratified by the men, an unusual course in such a comparatively minor dispute. As far as can be ascertained, no meeting between the delegates and the men occurred to-day. Meanwhile, killing operations continue.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 227, 24 August 1938, Page 6
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