Beer Boycott Idles Mines
GREYMOUTH, Mon. IP. A.).—The West Coast beer boycott took its most serious turn to date today and as a result the country will lose at least 600 tons of coal and almost 400 men, employees of the two Grey Valley state mines, Dobson and Wailsend, will have lost at least one day’s pay.
At both mines the men assembled for work this morning but at each one man was accused of breaking the beer boycott by drinking a 7d beer and, it Is alleged, each was given the option of "going down the road with a clear name" or being forced to leave the mine and have his name blackened. When the men concerned refused to leave, all unionists at both mines returned home for the day, thus idling the mines.
Union officials refuse to comment except the president of the Dobson union (Mr A, Hoggarth) who stated that “it is not a strike because no vote was taken. The men simply put on their coats.”
There is no indication how long the unions and the two men accused of breaking the boycott will maintain their uncompromising attitudes-
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Northern Advocate, 24 November 1947, Page 5
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