IMAGE
Lynch, James, 1947-:Wage settlement. 10 March 1980
- Date
- 1980
- By
- Taranaki daily news (Newspaper)
- Reference
- B-186-003
- Description
The scene is a cricket match. The 'employer' who is bowling is tripped up by the umpire, Prime Minister Rob Muldoon. The 'wage settlement' ball falls short of the batsman who represents the 'union'. The words 'No ball!' appear in pencil below the cartoon.
Context: refers to the Kinleith Pulp and Paper Mill strike which began on January 5th 1980 and continued for eight weeks. It was joined by the Federation of Labour on 30th January and henceforth led by Jim Knox. The cartoon probably refers to the point at which negotiations reached a wage settlement that was immediately scuppered by the government's invoking the 1979 Remuneration Act and so the strike continued for another four weeks. At this point the government conceded defeat and repealed the Act (which allowed the government to overturn a settlement in order to control inflation). After three months the strike ended and work resumed on the 28th of March.
Text reading 'No ball!' appears in pencil beneath the cartoon.
Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Ink on paper, 300 x 420 mm
- Use/Reproduction
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- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Lynch, James, 1947-:Collection of original cartoons by James Lynch. / Lynch, James Robert, 1947-:Original cartoons drawn 1980 (one in 1979) by James Lynch for the New Plymouth Daily News.
- Format
- 1 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Cartoons (Commentary), Ink on paper, 300 x 420 mm
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