STRIKE MAY END SOON
SHIPPING AGREEMENT IN AMERICA
SAILORS WIN PRINCIPAL DEMANDS
UNION LEADER NOT HOI'Ell L OP 1 SETTLEMENT
(UNITED I'KESS ASSOCIATION «■■ ■VV :? I'i It V. (Received December 15, 11.55 p.m.) SAN FRANCISCO, December 14. The president of the Pacific Maritime Workers' Federation (Mr Lundeberg) announces that the Sailors' Union has reached agreements with the major shipping companies on all but two points, the chief of which is the appointment of a port committee to arbitrate in future disputes. A speedy end to the maritime strike is now hoped for, with the sailors having won their principal demands. The union leader, Mr Harry Bridges, who has arrived in New York, is not optimistic of a general settlement. He said he hoped to create a united front with the eastern unions, which would ultimately result in a national maritime federation. Mr Bridges said that even if the Pacific shipping dispute were settled, seamen would refuse to handle eastern coast ships and cargoes unless a satisfactory settlement in the east were also secured. He expressed his determination to obtain the eastern longshoremen's support for the eastern sailors' strike.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21967, 16 December 1936, Page 11
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