TROUBLE AT WAIHI
STOP-WORK M££Tls(J. MEN 'REFUSE OFFER, BUT RESUME- WORE. \ pee pitiss Assd'ciAfidx J .- WAfHT, February 9. At stop-work meetings of the ,mem< bers of ttie Oh'ineimiri Mines and B>fc teries' Employees' Uni6n,. h«ld at Wat kino and Waihi to-day, to'consrdeV tW offer made by the mihe'-oNfiiers ag , a result of the conference between ffij§ miners and employers last week/ if wai dticiaed to reject tHe offer of a lirihiniurii wage of 12s 3d per Mf w battery and general wages Worker^. The nriioii also insists that overtime Should Be paid at tiirie and » half rates for the first tw6 hours and doub'l6 time thereafter, which amounts exceed the employers' offer to 1 fedufcethe working hours! of battery shifts to forty-four weekly, against fortyeight as at present. MEN TO RESUME WORK. Although the bffer *of the - min*. owners has been rejected, it is understood the men are resuming work tomorfefw.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10509, 10 February 1920, Page 4
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