SEAMEN'S CONDITIONS.
■ BIGHTS OF UNIONISTS. ' "..■ By TelegTaph—Press Afsociation—Copyright. ' . .(EeC Aug. 31, 9-p.in.). ■■ ' - ■'•. " .Copenhagen, August 31. Tho convention of the ' International Transport Workers' Federation, now sitting at Copenhagen, has decided in favour of tho affiliation, of seamen's unions throughout tho world. • , . ;This will enoblp a unionist to show his book of membership,, and participate, in the privileges of the union wherever he ■be'.' ; ;.■•■- ■'..;■' ; ■ .;'• ;'. , TREATMENT OF DESERTERS. Copenhageny August 30. , ;' The International Socialist: . Congress, which oponed here yesterday, passed a resolution demanding the. repeal of. the law providing for ,tlic abolition, of imprisonment of seamen who desert their yessels While in harbour. . . ..•'■ It was suggested that a disobedient seamun might bo punished by the paj. ing_ of his wages to a temporary substitute, 'and that a 'captain .should not in the future keep a seaman's .certificate, which is the man's only proof of able seamanship. . . v ,: ■
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 910, 1 September 1910, Page 5
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144SEAMEN'S CONDITIONS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 910, 1 September 1910, Page 5
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