A LEGAL STRIKE
SLAUGHTERMEN'S BALLOT AUCKLAND WORKERS FULFIL REQUIREMENTS OF LAW. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND, February 24. Slaughtermen employed at Westfield, Southdown, Horotin, and Whangarei Heads hold a secret ballot on the question as to whether a leg'll strike should be. declared. The proposal to strike was carried by 71 votes to VI. Tho Act provides that tho strike shall come into operation not sooner than seven days after the publication of the result of tho ballbt. Publication wm bo made to-morrow so that if the men persist in their intention to oea»o work operations will continue for at least a week.
The carrying of the proposal to strike by the workers concerned in the Auckland slaughtermen’s dispute marks an important stage in the ad-miii-strat ioif’ of the Labour Disputes Investigation Act. Tho Auckland ballot will be the first that has been taken in the Dominion under this Act, tho passage of which, in December, 1913, arose out of the prolonged general strike in the concluding portion of that year. The provisions of the measure in regard to tho settlement of disputes have been put into operation in numerous instances, but in all previous cases a has Been reached by a Labour Dispute Investigation Committee appointed under the Act. In the present enso the committee failed to arrive‘at a settlement, and a ballot was accordingly taken.
The Act provides that' when Hie members of a Labour Dispute Committee aro equally divided in opinion, as in the above case, the committee may submit in a report to tho Minister not more than two proposals for tho settlement of the dispute. This has been done in regard to the slaughtermen's dispute. The ballot was conducted by the registrar of industrial unions, who, after ascertaining the result of the voting, will publicly notify it. If tho men decided to strike, seven days’ notice must Be given. In such case the strike will be a lawful one. At any time during the continuance of such a strike the registrar, on the requisition of not less than 5 per cent, of tho workers directly concerned, may take a further ballot on any question relating to the strike that may be proposed by the requisition.'
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10522, 25 February 1920, Page 7
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369A LEGAL STRIKE New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10522, 25 February 1920, Page 7
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