Dispute stalls ship
PA Auckland A demarcation dispute between the Waterside Workers’ Union and the boilermakers’ Union abouf the unloading of 8000 tonnes of steel aboard the Iron Baron at Auckland is now into its eighteenth, day j Waterfront ’ unions . and employers expect the dispute to be brought up at this week’s Federation or Labour conference in Wellington. A sister ship to the Iron Baron, the Iron York, has been worked without any problems at Napier and is due at Auckland later this The Boilermakers’ Union retains its picket on the Iron Baron and refused to allow the vessel to be moved to another berth. The Auckland Harbour Board Employees’ Union is upset because its members are losing pay, as are Waferside Workers Union membership; The impasse is over which union has the right to cut away metal welded to the side of a steel ship to hold steady any steel coils carried; "
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Press, 6 May 1980, Page 3
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