THE COASTAL STRIKE.
A TROUBLE AVERTED. iX TELEGRAPH —PEES 3 ASSOCIATION—COPYMOHX , Sydney, April 14. The now trouble caused by seamen of the Illawarra and Noweastlo companies leaving their veasfels, > refusing to work with nonunionists, has been settled. The teamen's Union has agreed to 'tho coastal shipowners having a month in which ; to arrange for all non-union. crews being brought together into six steamors. Meanwhile tho unionists' and' non-unionists will work together on vessels: ' ' NON-UNIONISTS CO ON STRIKE, THEIR PLACES FILLED. Sydney, April 14. Trouble has cropped up at Newcastle, whore 33 out of 3S non-unionists employed by the Newcastle and Hunter River Company struck on the ground that under the new agreement they, were to bo paid casyal rates instead of weekly wages. Eleven returned to work, and tho places of tho others vrere filled by unionists. •'
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 173, 15 April 1908, Page 7
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137THE COASTAL STRIKE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 173, 15 April 1908, Page 7
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