UPHEAVAL THREAT

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 157, 14 April 1928, Page 5

UPHEAVAL THREAT

AUSTRALIAN WATERFRONT THE DEMANDS OF SEAMEN. ALTERED CONDITIONS OF WORK. (Received This Day, 11.0 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The Commonwealth Steamship Owners’ Association received a letter signed by Mr Jacob Johnson (general secretary of the Seamen’s Union) which they accept as the prelude to a big upheaval on the whole waterfront m Australia. „ . The letter accuses the owners or Being hypocritical in their attitude toward continuing the conference which met last October to discuss the new log presented by the seamen. It adds: “The whole matter will be placed before members of the Union, who will then he able to determine the policy necessary to brjng about improved working conditions which aie long ° V Tbt Ue owners state that they agreed to resumption of the conference. lh® only condition was that peace slhoul be maintained and job control tactics eliminated. —Australian Press Association.

ANOTHER STEAMER TIED UP. NO FIREMEN AVAILABLE. (Received This Day 945 a.m.) V SYDNEY, This Day. When, the Australian United Steam Navigation Company’s steamer Mareeba was due to sail for Melbourne it was found that nine firemen were missing. Efforts to fill the vacancies were unavailing and the remainder of the crew were paid off and tlje vessel tied up. trouble with the cooks. EXTENSION TO FOURTH SHIP. {Received This Day 9.40 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. The cooks refused to man the Huddart Parker’s Werribee, until the dispute regarding the Ulimaroa is setThe company has now four ships tie The of Directors of the Huddart Parker Company states that the matter of the cooks vendetta against the company will probably be ventilated before the Arbitration A representative of the shipowners, referring to the trouble, said the cause was unemployment on the waterfront. The Cooks’ Union had many members out of employment and it was m the endeavour to reduce idleness that the Union suddenly demanded an increase in the galley staff. _ • It is rumoured - that the Union would, if necessary, adopt a more militant attitude and threaten to hold up all colliers should the owners not comply with its demands for an additional cook for each vessel. , The secretary of the Marine Cooks Union denies that the Union refused to supply cooks for the Werribee. He said he did not know why the men would not respond to the call. He added there was no connection between the trouble in Sydney and the Verribee. Australian Press Association.