OTAHUHU DISPUTE
FERTILISER WORKERS DEPARTMENTAL EFFORTS FOR SETTLEMENT [ Ter Press Association.] AUCKLAND. Oct. 25. No further developments had occurred in the trouble which developed last week when the manure workers employed at the fertiliser works at Otahuhu and Papatoetoe ceased work for the day because they objected to the terms of the new award issued by the Court of Arbitration. At the time the employers intimated that they were not concerned in the dispute. As parties to the award they were prepared to abide by it. Subsequently the Minister of Labour, Hon. H. T, Armstrong, announced that he, had no power to vary the award and he suggested that if it contained the anomalies that were admitted by the employers and employees there was always the possibility of the parties coming together for the purpose of straightening out the difficulties. He added that he was in touch with the employers to see if it were possible to come to some agreement. It is known that Mr. W. Slaughter, officer in charge of the Labour Department in Auckland, consulted with the managers of the works concerned on Thursday. His report on the conference was forwarded to the Minister. In the meantime no further announcement has been made.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 253, 26 October 1938, Page 7
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206OTAHUHU DISPUTE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 253, 26 October 1938, Page 7
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