MINING DEADLOCK
GLEN ALTON TROUBLE THREE HUNDRED MEN IDLE BOTH SIDES ADAMANT Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, April 29. The dispute at the Glen Afton collieries, affecting three hundred emi ployees, has reached a deadlock. The miners refused to resume work until the directors went to Glen Afton to discuss the points at issue, namely, the employment as miners of two men who had been employed on outside work for the last eighteen months, the union contending that men, to be employed in the mine, must be drawn from the truckers. Another ground of objection is the employment of two men who had only recently arrived in the country, when there were members of the union at Huntly available. The mine manager replied to-day that under no circumstances would the directors visit Glen Afton to discuss the matter until work was resumed. The minere’ secretary later rejoined that the men could not resume until the matter was discussed, and there the matter; stands. Mr Ilalloy, Conciliation Commissioner, left to-night for Glen Afton in connection with the dispute.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12434, 30 April 1926, Page 6
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176MINING DEADLOCK New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12434, 30 April 1926, Page 6
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