Waterfront work
Sir, — W. K. Abrahams really is a little hard on the cargo capitalists of the country. Just imagine the tremendous mental and physical torture that these individuals suffer in the course of their employment. Among them are the risk of acquiring splinters in their posteriors sitting through stop work meetings; or just
sitting; the awful feeling of guilt knowing that their container handling time is the slowest in the world; the strain on the eyes and neck looking for the first signs of rain; the worry that some “underworked” section of the community might be earning more than your own miserable pittance; and worst of all, the possibility that after each strenuous day that soz glass may prove to be . . . — Yours JUST TOO HEAVY TO LIFT. March 10, 1975.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33790, 12 March 1975, Page 16
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