SHIPPING TROUBLES
NOT OVER IN AMERICA STILL SIGHS OF UNREST Frew Association— By Telegraph—Copyright NEW YORK, February 11. The refusal of the seamen to accept continuous discharge books, which are compulsory under the Copeland Act, prevented the departure of the American-Hawaiian freighter Columbians. The crews of several other ships are reported to be unwilling to accept the expected increased wages as a result of the shipping strike, which will cause an increase of about 25 per cent, in freight rates on intercoastal ships. West Coast teamsters threatened to tie up the Matson Line ships when the line refused to grant access to the piers of union organisers. The trouble was averted when the union postponed the picketers’ request for a federation investigation.
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Evening Star, Issue 22571, 12 February 1937, Page 9
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122SHIPPING TROUBLES Evening Star, Issue 22571, 12 February 1937, Page 9
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