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Robert Slatter

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Robert Slatter

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Background

(1850-1931).  Born in England, he came to Dunedin in 1879 and immediately began to organise trade unions.  He was prominently involved in the maritime strike of 1890 and helped to organise Labour Day, now a national holiday.  In 1895 he elected the worker assessor in the new Arbitration Court, which he helped develop into a body to legislate wages and work conditions.

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Male

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