“GO SLOW” DECISION
MELBOURNE GASWORKERS MOVE TO ENFORCE WAGE CLAIMS Rec. 10 p.m. MELBOURNE, May 26. A meeting of 12,000 gasworkers decided not to strike, but to introduce a “ go slow ” policy to enforce wage claims. They rejected a resolution that they should strike from June 1 if the employers refused to confer with them on the claims. , . , , In a stormy meeting, which lasted for two hours, the militants suffered defeat, but the ultimate decisions were in the nature of a compromise. The meeting directed the union officials to refuse to proceed with any Arbitration Court application if the court submitted it for hearing by Mr A. S. Blackburn, Conciliation Commissioner. Mr Blackburn recently rejected union claims for double time for Sunday shift work, time and a-quarter for shift work between Monday and Friday, and other advantages.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26782, 27 May 1948, Page 5
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