STRONG ACTION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17781, 17 May 1932, Page 9

STRONG ACTION

, P. AND T. ASSOCIATION ! REFUSED RECOGNITION "INTOLERABLE POSITION” (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. It was announced to-day that the Government lias withdrawn its recognition of the P. and T. Employees’ Association, and consequently the following privileges are no longer available to the association or members: The collection of subscriptions by the department, for which a charge was made; the right of delegates to attend meetings of the association on full pay up to 10 days in each year; the right of paid officers to enter upon Post Office properties to see tho staff and discuss'conditions; the right to put association notices up in post offices; the right of representatives and the right of the association to represent the employees’ case to the. department and Ministry. The possibility of other Civil Service organisations receiving the same treat meat as tho Post and Telegraph Employees’ Association cannot bo overlooked. It was ascertained this morning that the Government is watching the Position very closely, and it. will not hesitate to take action should the circumstances warrant it.

In the case of the P. and T. Employees’ Association it was felt by the Government that an intolerable position had arisen. “It was absolutely impossible to carry on under such conditions,” said one member of the Government today.

The Katipo, the official organ of the P. and T. Association, will no longer be permitted in post offices.