N.S.W. Colliery Stoppage

Maoriland Worker, Volume 13, Issue 31, 1 August 1923, Page 10

N.S.W. Colliery Stoppage

I Just as Tho BTaorfland Woekfii Ipoea to press the exaofc terms! : ao» oepted by the pjartfejß to the N-S-W. eoWfeery dispute come to hand. These Wo: in April. 1923, a tjeneral stoppage of the Maftla_d Co—ten'tes arising out of *_% action of CJoLtfery employees ceasing work at fc_e collieriea situated to tho distlicts W the Courts in which Major Crane* ',y&a>a adjudicating; and whereas conJSerteaces took place between repre^ 'jjentatives of the Colliery Proprietors «nd tbe Ebrecutive Officers of the "Workers' Industrial' Union of Aus-' i sralDa (Mining Department); and pyfereas such repireft-ejatatrfes and otfHoers not being able to come to : hiny arrangement tor the general mMBimption of work, the Acting-Prem-pß&r, The Honourable C. W. Oakes, C.M.G., made certain suggestions, and as the result thereof the following settlement was on the 12th July* -1923, arrived at, viz.: F A. The Workers' Industrial Union, ■of Australia (MSining Depjartmient) feavjlng carried certain resolutions [with the view of preventing stoppages at Collieries without the approval of the Executive*. p 1. Pit Top meetings be discontinued, with the proviso that where it 3s impracticable for the men. to meet jothsrwise than at the V% arnahgeanents wkh the managseanent shall bo i-aa-de." ■■-■■•':- - i --'- y 2. Colliery managers shall s-elect ,thb men they require, who shall sign ' en, after the provisions of clause 4 , have been met. r 3. The legal light of the Colliery Manager to dismiss employees shall i aot be questioned. ' & 4. All collleriex «t ares-sixt idle, m- \ deluding Whitburn Colliery, shall re- ' Jtsume work on the same day. All employees whose services were not a A®" 'pensed with prior to April, 1923, '* _Zia.ll be re-employed on the day of . and shall sign; on atiid Whall be given thfc status 1 'prior to the stop. ■'.''.

i 5. All rates of pay and of employmient provided for by any awards or agreements Ja operation shall be observed; but where at the* time of the stoppage any dispute existed employees shall resume on tb-Q terms and conditions existing at -the time they ceased work, and a conference or conferences tjeiween, representatives. «f the parties affected shall held.[forthwith, and in [the event of the parties failing to j agree an independent peorson to be agreed upon shall hear and (determine the issue.