DISPUTE SETTLED
POWER BOARD EMPLOYEES By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, November 2. About 120 linesmen employed by the Auckland Electric Power Board ceased work on Tuesday because of a dispute with the Board on the question of the interpretation of the award affecting wages. The dispute was settled in the afternoon and the men resumed to-day. Following a stop-work meeting on Tuesday morning, representatives of the men met the Board in conference. proceedings lasting until the luncheon hour. In the afternoon committees of the men and of the Board conducted negotiations, ending in a settlement. In the course of the day, the Board’s staff was able to carry out some emergency work on power lines.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21184, 3 November 1938, Page 6
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114DISPUTE SETTLED Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21184, 3 November 1938, Page 6
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