SHIPPING STRIKE
APPEAL TO EOOSEVELT
THOUSANDS QF. WORKERS
AFFECTED
WASHINGTON, November 20,
A telegram sent to President Roosevelt by the International Longshoremen's Organisation from Los Angeles today called upon the Government to intervene in a threatened strike of between 12,000 and 14,000 Pacific coast and 20,000 Atlantic coast dock workers in sympathy with Gulf of Mexico vessel loaders who are trying to obtain recognition of their union against bitter opposition by shipowners.
The strike, which is expected to tie up shipping plying in both the Atlantic and the Pacific, is already partially in effect, especially in western ports, where vessels from New Orleans, allegedly loaded by non-unionist labour, can find no one to unload them.
Representatives of shipping interests have petitioned the Federal Department of Justice to investigate union activities .and start prosecutions under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The American Federation of Labour has sent representations strongly protesting against the Department of Justice's "interference." Meanwhile the fate of much "hot" —which in Australia and New Zealand is the equivalent to "black" —cargo lies in the balance with the prospect of a serious disturbance in America's sea-borne commerce.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 125, 22 November 1935, Page 11
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187SHIPPING STRIKE Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 125, 22 November 1935, Page 11
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