Court order obeyed
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copi/ripht) NEW YORK, Nov. 28.
After a Federal Court order to return to work, striking longshoremen arrived at the New York waterfront for the first time in 58 days yesterday, but they were told to go home because they had not been hired on Friday.
About 75 dockworkers turned up at 8 a.m. to help unload two ships at Pier 92.
The pier manager, Mr John Hunt, said they were sent away because they had not been hired at the normal hiring time of 3 p.m. on Friday. Temporary restraining orders demanding a return to work were not issued until four hours and a half later. The Government had sought the injunction to force a return to work while arguments are heard on whether the strike in Eastern seaboard and Gulf Coast ports should be interrupted by an 80-day cooling-off period, as provided for by the Taft-Hartley Labour Relations Act.
Mr Hunt said the men who turned up for work would be paid, though they were not used. The two vessels were unloaded by seamen, office staff and supervisors.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32777, 30 November 1971, Page 9
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