SIX MEN STRIKE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 27, 15 January 1912, Page 5

SIX MEN STRIKE.

. \! .M! ■I > L-- rJ- }r—r> ; T ;( ( i) . 1 AT t'AEAnKkTPRO3>U€ERS’ 1 GO. ’& • '■"> FREEZING WORKS. I Six. exployees of tho Taranaki Freezing-. Works .at Moturoa struck work on Saturday morning, says the “News.” It is stated that the management holds that the men are paid better,! wages, and wprk belter conditions than; other works employed on 1M jpbs.j f ‘,/,Thei,r.. ordinary rate; of paji has, hpen ,8s ,per day, but .on , shipping, ; day3, .that is wl}on,thc men are engaged (loading, they have been paid-S3;.an. ,hour ,fon work, done before ( 8 o’clock jin {the morning, .and Is6d per hour after that, time, and on these they have been allowedl to-got away oarly in,the afternoon, at times, varying from 3 o’clock to ,4 o’clock, they have always been paid for the full day. The men have .also been granted'a weekly half-holiday, although in the height of the season they may not have been able to get away before 2.30 or 3 o’clock, but. during , two-thirds of the year they have been, off from 1 o’clock. They have also ono week’s holiday per year, as well as all statutory holidays, on full pay also. .They have also been paid in full if at any time, tr.ey have .been absent from their work during temporary illness.