Union split on Truxtun
| SZPA Melbourne Ihe Australian Council of Trades Unions’ junior vice'president, Mr Jim Roulston, has said he supports union moves towards a six-dav I strike on the Melbourne waterfront during the visit of the nuclear-powered warship L'.S.S. Truxtun next week His statement contrasts with one made hv the A.C.T.U. president (Mr Bob Hawke), who on Fr/lav called on the unions not to close the port for six days; he >aid it would achieve nothing
But Mr Roulston said if the visit is not opposed then there | is no question that Melbourne [will become a future base for American nuclear-powered warships. The Defence Minister (Mr Jim Killen I said yesterday that every possible safety precaution had been taken for the Truxtun’s visit to Melbourne. and there would be monitoring equipment in Port Phillip Bay throughout the six-dav good-will visit. Yesterday, about 200 people attended a protest rally and a march to Port Melbourne, where the Truxtun will dock
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Press, 6 September 1976, Page 6
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