GIRLS OUSTING MEN.
IN PETONE WOOLLEN MILLS. £bt TELEGRAPH.-— ASSOCIATION."J ' Wellington, Thursday. I Trouble has occurred at the Petone [ Woollen Mills over the action of the Well- ■ ington Woollen Company importing three ' female warpers from England. It ap- ; pears when the girls arrived they were informed by the union- that they would be getting 35s weekly, and were to replace |. three men who were getting £2 16s. The . union offered them £2 5s weekly not to . start, striking a levy of Is per head to j find the money. The young women ' agreed, but after an interview, with the J mill manager two, of the girls decided to j commence work, and did so yesterday, i The third starts to-day. The company's > representative says the girls have been r badgered by the union. Union men Bay \ the company has bullied the girls,,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15251, 14 March 1913, Page 8
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