DISSATISFIED.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 1509, 8 March 1920, Page 5

DISSATISFIED.

RAILWAYMEN TALK STRIKI

One of the largest meetings of the Palmerston North branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants held for some years, took place yesterday afternoon, when Mr Justice Stringer's report railwaymen's wages and conditions was very fully discussed, and the following resolutions were carried unanimously: (1) That the Executive Council be requested to refuse to accept the wages and conditions as outlined in Mr Justice Stringer's report to Cabinet, and that an urgent meeting of our execu-> tive members be convened at once to press for not less than 5/ per day increase of wages, -when failing any satisfaction or redress within 21 days, a secret ballot of the whole membership of the Society be taken for the purpose of deciding upon a strike. (2) That the 44-hour week be made universal throughout the Service to the members of the Second Division. (3) That the Railway Department, through our Executive Council,' have their attention drawn to the acute shortage of houses in Palmerston North and in many cases of employees who are required to vacate houses with no prospect of obtaining others, and the Council are requested to urge the Department to devise some means to house the employees so situated.

IN OTHER CENTRES.

(Per Press Association.) ASHBURTON, Saturday

At a stop-work meeting, all the local railway servants to-day unanimously decided to support the executive in any action taken, whether goslow or strike, regarding the latest wage offer, which they condemned as inadequate, and especially unjust to single men. A further mass meeting will be held on Monday night. DUNEDIN, Last night.

At a stop-work meeting held on Saturday, the following 1 resolution was passed unanimously: That this stopwork meeting of the Hillside Workshops employees, having read the report of Mr Justice Stringer, and the recommendations contained therein, decide absolutely to refuse to accept the same, as we consider the increases and recommendations totally inadequate to meet the continually increasing cost of living. We cannot agree that railway workers should be content to work for less than the ruling wages in outside employment, nor are we prepared to do so. We urge our Executive Council to consider the position immediately, and pledge ourselves to support them in any extreme measures they may deem necessary to obtain justice.