LONDON DOCKERS STILL OUT
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter —Copyright) LONDON, November 7. Port of London employers have agreed to take no disciplinary action against 6000 dockers who yesterday voted to continue an unofficial strike, delaying goods worth £9om.
Promises of urgent union action to try to get the men back to work led employers to withdraw threats to suspend them or send them back to the Dock Labour Board—which represents both employers and unions. The strike, now in its fifth week, has made 25 ships idle.
The strike is to back the men’s claim to be allowed to finish work on one ship before being moved to another. Shortages of imported dairy produce are likely to develop unless the strike is settled within a week or 10 days, “The Times” reported. The New Zealand Dairy Board refused to discuss the situation beyond saying: “We have quite large supplies tied up as a result of the strike ” Six ships carrying New Zealand meat are now strikebound in London. This situation, however, does not appear to be serious because, with the end of the Liverpool strike, five New Zealand meat ships have been freed and there are said to be adequate stocks in cold storage.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31521, 8 November 1967, Page 21
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