FREEZING WORKS DISPUTE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17235, 15 April 1930, Page 10

FREEZING WORKS DISPUTE

MORE MEETINGS HELD MODERATES PREDOMINATE ( for Truss Association.) CHKISTOHCKOII. in-i night. Evidence ill' tension and disagreement bet ween tael ions in Hie freezing employee.' ’ union is Im nislinl by lln: number of meetings held al (lie works to-day, at witiili lively debates occurred. " At .Islington a meeting lasted I'rom T.'.ob till I p.m. ami n nioiion in favor of adopting a militant policy was rejected by f.iH• votes to 20. The men wore mblrosseil by Mr. 11. f. Iter ell. secretary of the union, ami by the slaughterman whose engagement was demanded by the men at i’inegiml works. These t \\ ll 'peakei represented the views of the moilernle amt extreme sections and the moderates had an overw helming majority. There was no “go slow" at the Islington wo i Its. At l-iorthw it-k’s works at Bellas! there were several meetings, but killing proceeded at. a normal rate. Ai Kniapoi. ihi' killing rate avcr:l„e(l eight per hour per man, the normal rate being 12. Jl is suspected that the holding of meetings is one method of reducing; the killing rale, as the men work at the normal rate when working. Xo trouble occurred at Fairfield. POSITION IN THE SOUTH “GO-SLOW” AT PAREORA (Per Press Association.) TIM A Kb, hist night. The posit ion of the freezing works in South Oantcrbury .to-day was not a« satisfactory as the companies would have hiked. At, Pnrcora a start was not made till 9.25 turn. .Homo time later it was observed that the slaughtermen were killing at the rate of only eight sheep an hour and these conditions prevailed throughout .the day. At Smith field the men commenced at 9.30 o’clock, a meeting having been held up till that. hour. Normal killing was then resumed and a further meeting was held "in the lunch hour, lasting till 1.30. when normal killing was again commenced.