RAILWAY SERVANTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8263, 23 May 1890, Page 5

RAILWAY SERVANTS.

THE BALLOT.

MANIFESTO TO EMPLOYEES. [BY TELEGRAPH.—*PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Thursday. The Wellington branch of the Railway Employes' Society has unanimously decided in favour of extreme measures being adopted if necessary. ■■. CiiRtSTCHDKCii, Thursday. The following circular was issued by the Railway Society to all employees this day : —" In connection with the circular issued by the Commissioners offering to give leave, pay, and reasonable travelling expenses to enable representatives chosen from the employees to attend Wellington for the purpose of setting forth their griovances, the executive committee bog to draw attention to the following facts : —(1) That the society is the proper medium through which all grievances should be ventilated ; (2) that the executive committee have already offered to send delegates to Wellington to meet the Commissioners, but the offer, so far, has been entirely ignored; (3) the Commissioners steadfastly refused to recognise the society or deal with the executive on the questions of grievances and reform as submitted, but have tried by every means in thoir power to induce employees to net independently of the society; the executive would warn you against entertaining such a proposal. The only way to obtain redress for grievances, and successfully reform the existing rotten state of the service, is to act unitedly, man to man, shoulder to shoulder, through the society, and never recede one iota from the position taken up. The executive committee must be recognised as the medium between the Commissioners and tho employees. Do not be deluded by the offers which look fair on the surface but are veritable pitfalls of the most bottomless kind.—W. J. Edwards."