FOLLY OF A STRIKE
MARRIED MAN'S PLIGHT "Von must now realise the folly of your strike. You say you were dragged out by your union. Well, I hope you will have something to say to your union," said Mr. J. H. Salmon, S.M., in tho Magistrate's Court at Wangan'ui to a witness concerned in a maintenance case. "Yes, I have sir," was tho reply. "You see, you gave up th«» certainty of work for the miserable pittance you are now receiving," remarked Mr. .Salmon. Witness, who was applying for a variation of his maintenance order, had stated that lie was in poor circumstances and on relief work. Ho had been employed at the I inlay Freezing Works for II years but this year had been "dragged" out on strike bv Jus union with the result that he had experienced great difficulty in keeping five children and a wife, from whom he was separated.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21554, 27 July 1933, Page 10
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