"STRIKE UNOFFICIAL"
MESSAGE TO STEWARDS' UNION.
MELBOURNE, 26th August. Mr. Moate, general, secretary of the Marine Stewards' Union, has received a cable message from the president of the British Marine Cooks, Stewards, Butchers, and Bakers' Union, stating that the strike of British seamen is not officially recognised by the British Labour movement. Similai" messages have been received by officials of the Melbourne transport unions. In a. statement, Mr. Moate said the unions here could not make a stand against the official trade union movement. He had also received a further message from Mr. Havelock Wilson, in which the latter stated that the strike was unofficial in England, and was mostly confined to London. No vessels had been delayed, but Communists were trying to extend the strike to other ports.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 50, 27 August 1925, Page 5
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