SHIPPING HOLD-UP
AN IMPORTANT MOVE OWNERS QUESTION SEAMEN STRIKE SITUATION CHANGED, (UNITED rESSS ASSOCIATION.—TOPTRIGHT.) MELBOURNE, 18th January. It is unofficially stated that the shipowners have written to the Seamen's Union at Sydney, a-sking for a certain undertaking in regard to the job control policy'adopted by the union since the" 1919 dispute. It is understood that the owners asked for some guarantee in regard to future actions and demands by the seamen. This changes the whole venue of the strike. Even if the stewards effect a settlement it is unlikely that the ships will be manned unless an agreement is reached between the seamen and the owners. THE STEWARDS'ATTITUDE — _ \ ' "NEVER MORE IN EARNEST." SYDNEY, 18th January. Commenting on the strike situation, the union leaders say they were never more in earnest, and' predict a repetition of tjie 1890 strike. The distress on the waterfront is appalling, as for months prior to the stewards' strike there was an absence of work owing to other disputes. Practically every worker in the State is directly or indirectly affected. STRANDED NEW ZEALANDERS SYDNEY, 18th January. The Tofua, which is due on Wednes; day, will be despatched to New Zealand , with about a hundred stranded New Zeiv landers and emigrants. ,
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 16, 19 January 1921, Page 7
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204SHIPPING HOLD-UP Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 16, 19 January 1921, Page 7
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