UNIONISM NOT WANTED
LARGE MAJORITY OPPOSED SHOP ASSISTANTS’ REJECTION. SIXTY-ONE VOTES AGAINST THREE An endeavour to form a New Ply. mouth branch of the New Zealand Shop -Assistants’ Union last night failed eadlv, the proposition being rejected bv til votes to 3. J A meeting of G 4 persons consisted of 52 drapers, six boot assistants, four hairdressers an(l two hardware assistants. They were addressed by Messrs. A. E’. South and R. Fulton, who urged the advantage of joining the union and emphasised what were termed the unsatisac oiy conditions of the shop assistants at present. The contentions of the speakers were strenuously contested and a lengthy discussion became somewhat heated at times.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 September 1927, Page 8
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113UNIONISM NOT WANTED Taranaki Daily News, 15 September 1927, Page 8
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