THE MAHENO'S CREW.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 199, 24 August 1925, Page 6

THE MAHENO'S CREW.

j The original question in dispute in I the Mahcno, that of carrying extra : trimmers, is less important than the ' : ugly fact that the strikers, as a con- \ dition of settlement, insisted that the i j men who stood by the ship should be i dismissed, and in effect they got theii j way. These men were necessary for the safety of the ship and other ships whether the Malieno remained at the ! wharf or was anchored in the stream "jTIiG strikers should have recognised ! this, and not interfered with the men j who stood by the vessel. Instead, howj ever, they insisted that these men should .\ be penalised for doing their duty, and j they prevailed. It is true that the men • "resigned," and were not "dismissed," and '• we presume that the Union Company ' will immediately find them other jobs, • but the fact remains that the strikers '■ established a wicked principle that men '. may be punished for standing by a ship 1 in order to protect life and property. \ The Union Company may have good . arguments for taking the line of least ' resistance, but possibly it is storing up all the more trouble for itself in the ! future.