Watersiders Want Jobs Protected
(New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, August 24. Waterfront workers today urged an amendment to the Waterfront Industry Act, 1953, to ensure that work normally done by them would be preserved if automation, mechanisation or changing work conditions were implemented.
The change in the act was called for at a meeting in Wellington between the North and South Island Waterside Workers’ Union and the national executive of the Federation of Labour. The president of the F.0.L., Mr T. E. Skinner, said the meeting was held at the request of the Minister of Labour (Mr Shand). Mr Shand had asked the
F.O.L. . and the waterside workers’ unions to discuss the deterioration of industrial relations on the waterfront. Mr Skinner said the decisions of the meeting would be conveyed tb the Minister
He said the meeting believed there should be an overhaul of conciliation procedure on the waterfront to eliminate any overlapping or interference with the individual powers of the Waterfront Industry Tribunal and the port conciliation committees.
The meeting had also called for consultation with the unions concerned before established methods of work were altered at any port. Mr Skinner said the meeting had stated that the unions were anxious to maintain harmony in industrial relations, but pointed out that this meant greater consultation and co-operation between the port employers and all concerned on the waterfront.
Watersiders Want Jobs Protected
Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30528, 25 August 1964, Page 3
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