SHIPPING STRIKE.
SEAMEN’S UNION SECRETARY. A MILITANT APPOINTED. (United Press Association—Copyright.) SYDNEY, December 27. A special meeting of the Seamen’s Union to-day “recalled” Jacob Johnson from his office as general secretary, and appointed a militant strike leader, Joseph Keenan, to the position pending the result of the ballot for officials, to be announced in January. - The strike committee is arranging the distribution of food relief to married seamen. The men cannot obtain food relief through Government channels unless they can show that they are genuinely unemployed. Although there is little doubt that the crew of the Aorangi will give notice upon arrival to-morrow, the owners do not anticipate much difficulty in obtaining a volunteer crew to enable the vessel to sail for Vaneouver on January 2. The Premier of Tasmania (Mr A. G. Oglivie) who is a member of the Labour Party, declared that the strike had caused serious loss to Tasmania, which las looking forward to a recoid tourist traffic. His state was always a heavy loser when transport services with the mainland were dislocated, he said. He advocates a Commonwealthowned shipping service for Tasmania, manned with crews enjoying the same conditions as employees in the Public Service.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 65, 28 December 1935, Page 5
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