WATERSIDE LABOUR.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON WORK LYTTELTON REJECTS OFFER, [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT. J CHRISTCHUECH. Saturday. The Lyttelton waterside workers have decided not to work on Saturday afternoons, thus turning down the employers' offer of increased wages and other benefits in return for this concession. Jlepresentatives of the employers met representatives of the Waterside Workers' Union in November when the employers made an offer of an increase of an hour, subject to.certain concessions being made, chief among them being that the men should return to work on Saturday afternoons. With a view to ascertaining whether the waterside workers were agreeable ballots were taken at the various centres, but the results of _ the outside ballots have not been made known. a at Lvttelton was announced this A total of 660 vc«es were recorded aga ( working on Saturday afternoon, and 81 favour,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19234, 25 January 1926, Page 9
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138WATERSIDE LABOUR. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19234, 25 January 1926, Page 9
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