DIRTY COAL.
WATERSIDE 'WORKERS GET EXTRA PAY. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Regarding the refusal of the watersido workers yesterday to work the Port Kembla coal on the Port Nicholson, a statement was issued to-day by the secretary of the Waterside Workers’ Union, viz., that a full meeting of the »Union this morning discussed the matter and decided that the men concerned in the dispute should start work; the question of the. rate of pay to be submitted to the local disputes committee immediately. On the men resuming, the disputes committee met, and it was decided that 3d per hour extra is to be paid on account of the dirty nature ,pf the coal. The question of whether 6d an hour extra should be paid on all Port Kembla coal was referred to the National Dispute Committee.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 46, Issue 14127, 27 May 1920, Page 5
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