Kōrero: Strikes and labour disputes

Arbitration on the West Coast, 1896

Arbitration on the West Coast, 1896

Representatives of the Westport Coal Company (left) and the Denniston Miners’ Union (right) attend an arbitration meeting in Westport in 1896. The agreements they reached resulted in the first award to be registered under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1894.

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Hocken Library, University of Otago
Reference: S09-021c - E1053/6

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Mark Derby, 'Strikes and labour disputes - The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/20474/arbitration-on-the-west-coast-1896 (accessed 24 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 11 Mar 2010, updated 1 Mar 2016