FREEZING WORKS DISPUTE
» SETTLEMENT AT POVERTY BAY. Pre** Association. GISBOBNE, December 23. A conference between the directors of the Poverty Bay Farmers' Meat Company and representatives .of the -employees arrived at a settlement of the freezing works dispute, and ,the men will return to work to-morrow. The matter was amicably discussed, and the terms of settlement are mutually satisfactory. The comp.any conceded the men's request that the minimum the-lowest paid men should receive be 1/9 and 6d bonus. In another section, where 2/6 was asked, 2/5 was fixed. The rates are retrospective to December- I,' and the agreement stands till August 3i, 1921. The other local freezing companies are not affected. The agreement means that about 120 men will start work tomorrow morning at the "Poverty Bay Company's works at Waipada.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume VII, Issue 2141, 24 December 1920, Page 15
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131FREEZING WORKS DISPUTE Sun (Christchurch), Volume VII, Issue 2141, 24 December 1920, Page 15
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