DISPUTE AT WHARF.
MEN REFUSE TO WORK. PENALTY WILL BE IMPOSED. (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, This Day. Because of a dispute over dirt money on the Canterbury Shipping Company’s motor-ship Breeze at Wellington on Wednesday afternoon, the waterside workers concerned were paid off yesterday morning. No further men would accept engagement on the Breeze, and as a result the vessel, was idle from 9 a.m. On Wednesday afternoon the watersiders asked for 4d an hour extra, as dirt-money for handling leaking casks of pelts. * This was thought to be excessive, and they were offered 3d an hour, which was refused. The men thereupon were discharged and when a call was made for working the Breeze yesterday the men engaged refused to lift their discs. The Waterfront Commission holds that a breach of the order of the Commission has been made, and it is announced that the men concerned will be penalised.
MEN GO BACK TO WORK.
PENDING A SETTLEMENT
WELLINGTON, This Day
Following a conference this morning regarding the Breeze dispute, it was decided that the men should return to work pending a settlement of the trouble.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 301, 27 September 1940, Page 6
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