NSW: 1917 Strike : Re-Employment Application Form


Barrier Miner Friday 14 September 1917 p. 2.

RAILWAY AND TRAMWAY MEN.
RE-EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION FORM.  

On Tuesday afternoon the Acting Premier was handed for perusal one of the forms the men were asked to sign (says the Sydney correspondent of "The Age''). It was as follows:—

New South Wales Government Railways and Tramways.
Form of Application for Re-employment of Men who Left Duty on Strike.
Name in full.................................

I hereby make application for reemployment in the Commissioners' service, and fully understand that if it be approved it is on the condition that my re-employment will be governed by such directions as have been issued by the Commissioners in regard to grade, seniority and rate of pay.

Signature ...............................
Date .......................................
Witness ...................................

Having read it, the Acting Premier said it would have to be modified. It is probable that the words "of men who left duty on strike", will be deleted.

Subsequently representatives of sectional unions interviewed Mr. Holme, the Industrial Commissioner, who was instrumental in reaching an agreement on the terms of settlement with the strike defence committee.

Some hope is held that he may be able by further negotiation to bring the unions again to a favorable state, of mind, the big grievance of those organisations which were prepared to resume work being the necessity of signing the forms.


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