INCREASES SOUGHT
BY CAPTAINS AND DECK
OFFICERS.
In view of the lapse, on 30th November next, of the present industrial agreement between the Merchant Service Guild and the Union Company, the Blackball Coal Co., and the Westport Coal Co., the captains and deck officers in the service of those companies are taking steps to obtain all-round increases in pay. The present agreement, arrived at just at the beginning of the war, was accepted by both the employers and the Guild at a conference between the representatives of the two bodies. In the demands for the new agreement, which have already been drawn up by the Guild and circulated among members, substantial increases are sought. Reasons given are the higher rate of wages ruling in England and elsewhere, and the increased cost of 1 living. Captains and mates of the coastal steamers are not affected by the movement, as their agreement is for the duration of the war.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 14, 16 July 1918, Page 8
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157INCREASES SOUGHT Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 14, 16 July 1918, Page 8
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