DOCK STRIKE IN HAWAII
SHIP LEAVES WITH CARGO STATE TO UNDERTAKE WORK (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) ‘(Rec. 8 p.m.) HONOLULU. July 30. The cargo ship Steel Flyer sailed for Philadelphia with raw sugar and general cargo. She was the first vessel to leave Hawaii with cargo since the waterfront strike began three months ago. The Steel Flyer was manned by members of the Seafarers’ International Union, who were ordered by their New York headquarters to defy the picket lines. Mr J auk Hall, regional director of the striking International Longshoremen’s Union, said: “The Steel Flyer is ‘hot.’ We will get her when she reaches her destination.”
The Hawaiian Senate and House agreed yesterday on the terms of a bill enabling the Government to undertake stevedoring business and to try to reopen the island’s strike-bound ports. The territory would set up its own stevedoring operations instead of taking over firms not operating because of the strike.
The Government's entrance into the industry is without precedent in Hawaii. The proposed bill bans hiring any striking longshoremen or using the equipment of firms unless necessary.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25870, 1 August 1949, Page 6
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