BALLOT TO BE TAKEN IN MARITIME STRIKE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 26, 1 February 1937, Page 8

BALLOT TO BE TAKEN IN MARITIME STRIKE.

AMERICAN DISPUTE.

Decision to End Stoppage

Anticipated

UNIONS WIN MAJOR DEMANDS. t.'nitPil Prrws A.«*oc!iillan. — <'"|>yright. iH..-..!vi-.| »:.v\ i>.iii.) SAN l"i: AM [SCO, January 31. Tim .j'liiil jMihcy coinniii lc(; of.' Unshipping strikers li.is passed a roisolulimi rrroiiuni , ruling the unions to conduct <i rcfcrondinn nmnns* fhoir nipinhcrs itniiii'diatcly on the question of cniling the maritime strike. Mr. 11. P. Mi-liiikiiw. associate of Harry Kridfjes, the strikers' leader, estimates that it will take three or four (lava to carry out the voting liy the 40.000 strikers. The men will be asked if they will return to work, says Air. Melnikow, under agreements and understanding* reached l>y their negotiating committees with the employers. Approval by a majority is regarded an a foregone conclusion since, with few exceptions, the unions have won their :uajor demands, particularly the right to fontrol hiring halls, the eight-hour day «>r less, cash pay instead of time off for overtime, and union recognition. The employees, however, have retained i'ull freedom to select ships. The Officers'. Engineers', Masters' and Mates', the Pilots' and the Marine Engineers* Unions have accepted wngrincreases and other concessions and jjave the shipowners the right to hire such men outside union ranks.