WORK AND WAGES
AFFAIRS IN NEW ZEALAND. UNEMPLOYED WELLINGTON CARPENTERS. UNION ENGAGING IN GUILD WORK. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, March 1. The Secretary of the Carpenters’ Union says that about 70 men have left jobs since Friday, as the result of the employers’ decision to limit the wage to 2/9 an hour. He says that the union is not applying coercion and some members had accepted the reduced wage, but these were comparatively few. An interesting development is the decision of the union to engage under th® guild system in business building or altering houses, believing that they can compel* successfully with the present contractor. DISPUTE REFERRED TO ARBITRATION. WELLINGTON, March 1. The carpenters’ dispute has been referred to the Arbitration Court, and a dominion conference has been arranged. THE RAILWAY SERVICE. DUNEDIN, March 1. Mr T. 0. McLennan, one of the delegates to the recently concluded triennial conference of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants addressed a large meeting of the Otago branch on Sunday, and a resolution was unanimously carried expressing entire approval of the action of the conference in accepting the terms agreed upon by the Wages Board, and unabated confidence in the executive.
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Southland Times, Issue 19069, 2 March 1921, Page 5
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198WORK AND WAGES Southland Times, Issue 19069, 2 March 1921, Page 5
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