CARGO LEFT ON WHARF
WATERSIDERS REFUSE OVERTIME INCIDENT AT AUCKLAND. (Per Press Association). AUCKLAND, July 28. Through the refusal of the waterside workers to continue loading after 6 p.m., the Matson liner Monterey eventually sailed on Saturday with part of her cargo still on the wharf. A quantity of perishable goods was loaded by the company’s staff with the assistance of Auckland Harbour Board employees between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. The Monterey was bound for San Francisco via Suva. The cargo left behind comprised a number of bags of hides and a quantity of meat casings. When they are likely to be required after 6 p.m., the shipping company has to inform the men before 10 o’clock the same day. Wages are then paid up to 10 p.m. whether or not the men are engaged until that time. Mr A. E. Plavle (manager for the agents at Auckland), said the position was unsatisfactory in the extreme, particularly when New Zealand needed every dollar of American credit that she could got to help in the purchase of war materials.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 249, 29 July 1940, Page 6
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