TRADES AND LABOUR.
Mr Kennedy, managing director of the Grey Valley Coal Company, and the^ Brunnerton miners have been parleying regarding the price of hewing coal for the past two days, but without result so far. The proceedings are not made known to the public. From Oamaru we learn th*t for some time back a shearers and labourers' union has been in process of formation and it now has a large membership and trades and other unions affiliating with it. On Saturday a meeting of farmers waß held, at which it was decided to form a farmers and employers' union bo that disputes or differences might be discussed by the two parties, and if possibly- settled amicably. Cheistchukch, Juno 26. The Early OlosiDg Association has decided to alter its name to the Shop Assistants' Union, to apply for federation to the Maritime Council, and to vote £5 to the funds of the Bakers' Union for the support of the strikers.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1900, 3 July 1890, Page 30
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