WORK ON WHARVES
BUREAU SYSTEM OF ALLOCATION OPINION OF UNIONISTS TESTEP (Per United Press Association) AUCKLAND, July 18. To test the opinion of the workers whether the Auckland waterfront labour bureau system should be continued. a secret ballot of the members of the Auckland Waterside Workers’ Union .was held to-dav The result of the ballot will be announced tomorrow The waterfront labour bureau has now been in operation at Auckland since September. 1937, and it is considered that sufficient time has now been given for the merits and demerits of the system to be iudged. Devised to eliminate the old “auction block" method of selecting men for work on the wharves, the bureau system has met with fairlv general approval among the workers. The tact that work is allotted to men on the rotation principle is disliked by some sections. while others are averse to the working of the penalty clauses. A ballot hold last week by the Wellington Union decided by 1036 votes to 327 to continue the waterfront labour bureau’system there.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23864, 19 July 1939, Page 9
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173WORK ON WHARVES Otago Daily Times, Issue 23864, 19 July 1939, Page 9
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