Alleged Go-Slow On Wellington Wharves
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WELLINGTON, This Day
“There was definitely a go-slow movement on the Wellington wharves yesterday,” said Mr W. H, G. Bennett, general secretary of the Waterside Employees’ Association yesterday, when asked to confirm a rumour that the waterside workers were not working as fast as usual yesterday afternoon. “Officials of the Waterside Workers’ Union denied any knowledge of the go-slow policy, but there definitely was one,” Mr Bennett said.
It was difficult to give a correct reason for the policy, he added, as employers had hoard only rumours.
One was that the men were dissatisfied with the delay in getting their now award, and another was that they were dissatisfied with the result of the conference with the Minister of Labour, the Hon. P. C. Webb, last week. The men worked normally in the morning, and it was not until 1.30 p.m. that a slowing-down in the work was noticed.
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Northern Advocate, 17 March 1939, Page 5
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