ALLEGED BREACH OF AN AWARD
UNION’S REPLY TO LEGAL ACTION PROPOSAL (P.A.) Wellington, May 5. In reply to a letter from Mr. James Cable, managing director of William Cable and Company, denying that his firm had committed any breach of the award provisions relating to salvage work, and inviting the Wellington Engineers’ Union to test the question in Court, has been sent by the Union secretary (Mr. C. G. Caswell). After contending that there could be no dual interpretation of the salvage clause, Mr. Caswell asked whether any good reason could be supplied for treating his unionists when they were engaged while the ship was on the reef less favourably than waterside workers. If his men were paid the same as the waterside workers the row so far as the reef was concerned would be over, said Mr. Caswell. He did not think the men could be expected to resume work for Cables until the claim was settled. "If you should decide to take legal action, I am instructed to contest it through all the Courts in the land,” he said, adding that the months of limited activity in Cables workshops could be avoided by meeting the union and settling a simple matter.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 6 May 1947, Page 5
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