RELIEF WORKERS
COLLAPSE OF THE STRIKE MEN RETURNING TO WORK. (Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, May 17. The relief workers’ strike showed further signs of collapse to-day when considerable numbers of men who had not reported for duty on Monday accepted work this morning. There were 1447 men working and 200 absent. Of the absentees the largest numbers were from the railway gangs (70) and the Lyttelton Borough Council works (43). It sqems probable that more of the men will return to duty to-morrow. POSITION IN WELLINGTON. i (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 17. Arrangements were discussed to-day by the relief work strikers with a view to waiting upon the Minister of Employment (Mr J. G. Coates) in company with representatives of the Alliance of Labour and the Trades and Labour Council, presumably to place before the Minister representations on behalf of the strikers. A mass meeting was held this morning in the Trades Hall and another this afternoon.' Figures supplied to-day from an official source show that 1408 men were working out of a total of 2250 for whom jobs had been allocated. Since April 1 130 single men had gone into camps from Wellington. It was estimated that about 750 single men had refused to go into camp and consequently had not been given work.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21647, 18 May 1932, Page 10
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