THE RAILWAY SERVICE

Otago Witness, Issue 3396, 16 April 1919, Page 41

THE RAILWAY SERVICE

DISSATISFACTION AT MARTO'N. WELLINGTON, April 9. The Marton branch of the Amalgamated, Society of Railway Servants has passed 4 resolution refusing to accept the schedule* offered by the department, and urging that the special conference delegates bo called' to deal with the matter. ~ ; WORKSHOP EMPLOYEES DISSATISFIED. GREYMOUTH, April 10. At a meeting of the local • workshop em» ployees, held yesterday, the following resolu* tion was carried unanimously:—"That this meeting of Greymouth railway workshop* employees expresses its utmost dissatisfaction! at no increase of wages to the workshop hands in the new schedule, and approves of the resolution passed by the Petone men asking for five days a week in order to giv<|j the men the full advantage of the four-hou* shorter week." DISSATISFACTION AT NAPD2R. NAPIER, April 12, At the largest meeting of railway men ever held in Napier, the following resolution was passed unanimously:—"That this meeting of the Napier branch .of the A.S.R.S., after going carefully into the proposed schedule of wages submitted by the department, considers that the wage* proposed are totally inadequate, as the purchasing value of a sovereign is now reduced to 13s. We consider that our wages under. the new -schedule should be further increased by 2s per day. This, branch, will not be satisfied until the schedule proposed by the executive of the A.S.R.S. and approved by the branches ia adopted in it* entirety., - We also wish to point " out.that we have not received ah increase in wages, the department merely calling the bonus wages so that the superannuation oontribu-. tions will be deducted, thus reducing our monthly wage. The branch ahso urges thai a special conference be arranged to urgently deal with the wages question."STRONG CRITICISM AT AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, April - 14. The offer made by the management of tha railways to the employees was strongly criticised at a meeting of the : Auckland branch of the A.SR.S. yesterday afternoon. The meeting Was a large one; Mr M. Lee, a member of the Executive Council of the Society,-also of the North Island Railways Appeal Board addressed the men. The meeting passed the following *esolu« tion almost unanirhonsly.:-?-.-This .meeting, ••haying heard Mr Leo and also having heard the general seo- " rotary of '-.■ otir is of opinion that the time "arrived when the president, general secretary, and the exeoutive councillors should tender their 'resignations, thereby giving members an opportunity to elect officers more in touch with the popular feeling of members throughout the dominion. - /Further, this meeting is not in favour of the adoption of the schedules of wagea and conditions as submitted by the Minister and management. A special conference of delegates from all branches of the society is favoured bymany of the men, the suggestion being that every delegate should be furnished with full written instructions as to the attitude of his branch on the question of wages and working conditions and the department a offer. -■ 7\!-f-'." : ,