ONE BIG UNION
SEAMEN’S UNION OPPOSITION. (Rec. January 10, 8 p.m.) Melbourne, January 10. Among the opponents of the one big union which is proposed in an application. lodged with the Commonwealth Arbitration Court is the Seamen’s Union, which while favouring the general principles underlying the movement views the question from an international standpoint. The union consequents intends to take exception to the white Australia clause in the constitution, contending that there are coloured members in the seamen’s ranks and that unionism should be the test, not colour.—Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 90, 11 January 1924, Page 7
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89ONE BIG UNION Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 90, 11 January 1924, Page 7
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