HANDLING FROZEN MEAT. WORKERS’ CONTENTION UPHELD. WELLINGTON, September 8. .Judgment has been filed by trio Court of Arbitration in regard to the dispute between tho Waterside Workers’ Federation and the employers as to what constitutes a gang in the stowing of moat, tire question for determination being whether men on stages delivering meat by chutes should be included in thenuniber of men required to constitute a gang. The court lias come ,o the oonch>ion that the duty of those men is more correctly described as delivering moat into tile hold than handling meat in the hold. 'they are really tween-decks' men, who, for convenience, were placed a little below the level of ’tween decks. In the court's opinion they should not be included in a gang, and the contention of the federation was upheld.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3522, 13 September 1921, Page 25
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