ILLEGAL STRIKE
PROCEEDINGS TO BE TAKEN By Te* ••vra Press Association AUCKLAND, November 25. By instructions from the Minister of Labour, proceedings are to be taken against 40 men who were employed on the Birkenhead sewerage reticulation contract who are concerned in a dispute with the contractors on the grounds that they took part in an illegal strike. The Labour Department has also been instructed to proceed personally against T. Stanley, secretary of the Auckland General Labourers’ Union, for allegedly inciting a strike. The men engaged in the dispute are members of the Auckland General Labourers’ Union, and were working under an award. They demanded higher wages.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20585, 26 November 1936, Page 6
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107ILLEGAL STRIKE Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20585, 26 November 1936, Page 6
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