DECLARED "BLACK"
Official Opening Of Sydney Graving Dock " CLASS DISCRIMINATION " Rec. 1 p.m. SYDNEY, this day. The official opening of the Sydney Graving Dock by the GovernorGeneral, the Duke of Gloucester, tomorrow has been declared "black" by 1500 workmen, who have all been employed in the construction of the dock. The men decided to boycott the function because they alleged there had been class discrimination in the arrangements and the form of invitation for the ceremony. They said the east side of the dock, where the Duke and Duchess would officiate, had been reserved for 800 members of Parliament, men and women prominent in society and union officials. The workers and their wives were to be "roped off like shepp" on the opposite side of the dock. Those on the east side of the dock had been given goldinscribed invitations, _ while the workmen had been issued with invitations on thin paper, which bore each man's work number. A joint mass meeting of members of the 16 unions involved will be held to-day to consider the endorsement of the decision.
[See story on Leader Page.]
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 70, 23 March 1945, Page 5
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