WATERSIDERS' DEMANDS.
AN AMICABLE SETTLEMENT.
TBT TELEGRAPH. PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Gisbornk, Wednesday. The conference in connection with the Gisborne waterside workers' demands resulted in an amicable settlement. Pay for general cargo and coal is to be Is 6d per hour ordinary time, and 2s 6d overtime. Rates for handling frozen meat have also been increased. The agreement is to come into operation on April 1, and its duration is three years.
" It was one of the pleasantest conferences I have ever been at," remarked one of the employers' representatives. "If all such meetings were conducted with the same good spirit there would bo less talk about strikes and the Federation of Labour."-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14947, 21 March 1912, Page 7
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111WATERSIDERS' DEMANDS. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14947, 21 March 1912, Page 7
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