More Than 1800 Carpenters And Joiners In Auckland Are To Be. Dismissed For Going Slow

Wanganui Chronicle, 17 February 1949, Page 5

More Than 1800 Carpenters And Joiners In Auckland Are To Be. Dismissed For Going Slow

Builders Standing Firm On Decision To Uphold Arbitration System

AUCKLAND, Last Night (PA). —As the Auckland branch of the Carpenters’ and Joiners’ Union has declined to abandon its go-slow policy, between 1800 and 2000 of its members are «xpeeted to be dismissed from their employment tomorrow. This is in accordance with the i

decision made on Monday night I by the Auckland Master Builders’ I Association, which reiterated to-1 day that it would have no hesi-1 tation in pulling its resolution I into effect. I

The clerical staffs of large building firms had a busy day today computing "dismissal" pay rolls. When the men are handed their envelopes tomorrow which is the usual pay-day, they will receive a proportion of holiday money due to them in addition to their wages. In a number of cases the men will get an extra two days' pay, as they are paid on Thursday although the working week ends on Tuesday. Builders, especially the larger firms, will lose heavily as the result of the wholesale dismissal of their carpenters. Only labourers, apprentices, and key foremen will be left to carry on and the amount of work they will be at liberty to do is limited. At least one employer will be dismissing men who have been in his service for 25 and 30 years. The Builders’ Association has stated that its members will not re-engage the men until it is notified by the union that all unionists are prepared to resume the normal rate of work.