WHARF LABOURERS STRIKE.
HANDLING CEMENT AND SUPERJ" : PHOSPHATES. EXTRA. PAYMENT DEMANDED; By TcleerapU—Press Association—Conyriehl, (Rec. January 30, 0.30 a.m.) Melbourne, January 29. The wharf labourers working at' the steamers Marloo and Arawatta have struck, demanding fourpence an hour extra,for handling cement arid superphosphates. The company granted the extra amount, ,but refused to include an agreement. The other wharf labourers joined tho strike. All, except those employed on tho timber vessels, ar6 idle. About six hundred men are affected by 'the strike. The men thought cement and superphosphates were included in the 2st of special cargoes for. which there is extra payment, but, when, they, got. ;tho, lists they found they'were not: ''The masters refuse to include them, although paying the increase now. The masters say they intend to sit back till- the men resume work.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1038, 30 January 1911, Page 5
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135WHARF LABOURERS STRIKE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1038, 30 January 1911, Page 5
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