RAILWAYMEN'S GRIEVANCES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXIV, Issue 17697, 24 October 1919, Page 5

RAILWAYMEN'S GRIEVANCES.

(Per Press Association.)

DUNEDIN, October 23

At a special meeting of the Hillside branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants it was decided, after consideration of the Railway Bill and the autocratic powers conferred on the head of the department, also the determination to refuse relief to the lower paid members, while maikins large increases to higher paid officers, that the branch urges the Executive Council to take the strongest measures it considers necessary to secure the demand, promising the staunch support of the Hillside branch. The large increases to highly paid officials now eligible for retirement will impose a tremendous strain on the superannuation fund The Otago i branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants decided to take strong objection to the remuneration to members of the second division, urging the Government to immediately amend the Superannuation Act, making it mandatory that all members in receipt of not less than £250 a year, and who have completed 40 years' service,.shall be retired. The branch strongly protested against the proposal to grant * r?;e increases to first division officers due to retire, while no provision is made to increase the wage of the second diviticn, and demanded that the executive take immediate steps to reopen the whole schedule of the second division in order to obtain recognition of demands and the elimination of the autocratic power of the General Manager regarding promotions.