THE RETORT CBURTEOUS
AFFLUENT UNION SECRETARY
CONCILIATION COUNCIL PLEASANTRIES. , During the Conciliation Council proceedings in the v .coaoh-buildets’ dispute yesterday, the discussion between Mr B. Hammond, employers’ tive, and Mr A. L. Monteith, workers’ representative, became somewhat heated. . „., . •Mt- Hammond: It is o strange thing that the only Conciliation Council proceedings at which we ever hear these general reflections cast on the employers are those in which Mr .Monteith is taking part. Mr Monteith: I was taking part in these proceedings years before you ever started in them. Mr Hammond; Well, all I can say is that it has taken you a long time to learn your business. .Mr Montqit|i went., on jto..; refer to hlghlvjpaid eUiployers’; -advocates, When Mil Hammond broke in—; — Mr Haiirmonci: I wouldn’t mind exchanging “screws” with you—with the “perks” thrown in. Mr Monteith: I don’t know what'the “perks” are. Mr Hammond: I know one union secretary who has had three motor-cars in two years, . • Mr Monteith: I dan’t know that secretary; he must have been trafficking with the commercial interests. I haven’t been able to get any motorcars out of it.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12008, 10 December 1924, Page 6
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