@@makhnovite As an Apprentice we weren't allowed to strike and still had to attend work, we did not do anything though because Management feared a further strike from the use of non-union labour. We spent most days playing cards.
I remember being at Mangakino High School during this strike and the school announced that if parents did not have the money during the strike to buy school uniforms then students could come to school in their normal clothes ... the stirke had far reaching affects right across the South Waikato region ..
Remember tailing out and stacking timber off the band saws on frosty mornings in the seventies..excellent meals at the tokoroa mens hostel.was more interested in working and making money than striking.
Piggy Muldoon ......this strike went on for 12 weeks over a pay issue ....in the end the government at the time ( national ....became the mediator after that I can't remember. 😊
When did Tokoroa (Kinleith) move to Kawerau?
2nd year of my apprenticeship when this went down, Tasman (Kawerau) had a long protracted strike as well.
Were u involved in any industrial action during this time?
@@makhnovite As an Apprentice we weren't allowed to strike and still had to attend work, we did not do anything though because Management feared a further strike from the use of non-union labour. We spent most days playing cards.
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I remember being at Mangakino High School during this strike and the school announced that if parents did not have the money during the strike to buy school uniforms then students could come to school in their normal clothes ... the stirke had far reaching affects right across the South Waikato region ..
Remember tailing out and stacking timber off the band saws on frosty mornings in the seventies..excellent meals at the tokoroa mens hostel.was more interested in working and making money than striking.
Fascinating. Good piece.
Bolger and Muldoon were pretty awful. IMHO.
Piggy Muldoon ......this strike went on for 12 weeks over a pay issue ....in the end the government at the time ( national ....became the mediator after that I can't remember. 😊
@@Spider-Man904 such a long time back. It bothers me I remember that I recall it. 😉
The good ol days when New Zealand was amazing beyond words. I miss Mr Muldoon so much.
Nice try troll Noone biting your hook? Womp womp