STOREMEN'S SUPPORT
The general secretary of the Wholesale Storemen's Union (Mr. R. A. Simpson) addressed the meeting of the union last evening, and pointed out the position in regard to the strike. He explained that it would be impossible for the secretary to declare a strike among the storemen, owing to the heavy penalties which could be inflicted on the uuion and its members for a bleach of the Arbitration Act. They should bo ready for action in case of the strike spreading, but if the employers closed wholesale stores in the city on account of this trouble the em-, ployees were entitled to a week's notice. The union unanimously decided to support the waterside workers as far as lay in their power. The secretary, however, wished it to be understood that the members of the union did not wish to display any antagonism towards tho employers, and trusted there would be no friction. The members, however, were solid in support of the men out on strike.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 105, 30 October 1913, Page 3
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167STOREMEN'S SUPPORT Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 105, 30 October 1913, Page 3
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