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STRIKE AT ARAPUNI ELECTRICAL WORKMEN’S DECISION. [Per Press Association.] TE AWAMUTU, June 13. All the workmen engaged at the Arapuni electrical works declared a gen cral strike at midnight on Sunday. The dispute arises out of payment for overtime. It is stated that the employers should pay double rates for all overtone in excess of four hours, and neglect to do so gives rise to the present dispute. A mass meeting of the men held yesterday reached a decision to declare a general strike from midnight. Mr. J. Kelly (president) and Mr. E. Lake (secretary of the union) went to hold a conference with the ArmstrongWhitworth representatives, but a conference was refused by the company, who stipulate that the men must return to work before any consideration is possible. Mr. Handman, the company’s manager at Arapuni, is at present in Auckland. Meanwhile work is at a standstill.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19866, 14 June 1927, Page 8
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150AT A STANDSTILL Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19866, 14 June 1927, Page 8
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