RELIEF WORKERS’ STRIKE

Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18642, 21 May 1932, Page 6

RELIEF WORKERS’ STRIKE

small gain secured.

FULL EXTENT NOT KNOWN,

(Bj Telegraph.—Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, Saturday. “The relief workers’ strike wa9 officially declared off at a

meeting of delegates this morn-

Ing. “As the result of representations made to the Right Hon. J. G. Coates (Minister of Employment) and promises given, the strike lias been declared off,” said Mr Vella, 'the chairman of the strike 'committee later. “Wo have definitely gained a small improvement in the scale of pay, which will bn supplemented by rations, though the extent of the benefit gained will not 'be known till Mr Coates’ new grant 'comes into operation.”

A mass meeting carried votes of thanks to Mr P. Fraser, M.P., “ for the splendid way he had attended to our wants ”; to Mrs Snow, for her assistance in the soup kitchen, and to ■the Alliance of Labour and Trades Labour Council for the use of halls and services rendered.

The relief workers organisation set up during the strike has not been disbanded, owing, it was staled, to (lie relief operations still being carried on.

CHRISTCHURCH FOLLOWS SUIT. WORK TO BE .RESUMED. (Bv Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. Following a mass meeting of unemployed relief workers, the strike which has been carried on in Christchurch as a protest against the new rates of pay and conditions on relief works, has been officially declared off.