STRIKE-BREAKING
SPEECHES BY LABOUR LEADERS
SHIPPING COMPANIES AND ARBITRATION AWARDS.,
(CKITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPIRIOHT.)
(Received 27th October, 2 p.m.)
SYDNEY, This Day. Mr. Mills, president of the Waterside Workers' Union, speaking in the Domain, said that the shipping companies were perfecting a strike-breaking machine, which might be used against any industry. He also said that the public would not tolerate the shipping companies continuing to flout the Federal Arbitration Court award by employing, through a bureau, non-unionists at a lower rate and for longer hours than those secured by union men, who were working 46£ hours instead of 44 hours weekly, and were paid £4 lls, which was £2 13s lower than the 3s hourly secured by the Federation
Mr. Ellis, a Queensland delegate, said: "In a very Htfclo time we shall have the industry tied up. It will not be like the 1917 strike. We shall do the job properly this time.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 77, 27 September 1924, Page 8
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