ONE-DAY STRIKE

Evening Star, Issue 25083, 26 January 1944, Page 4

ONE-DAY STRIKE

TRANSPORT WORKERS IN SYDNEY AND NEWCASTLE TRAM AND BUS SYSTEMS UNDEft-STAFFEB Press Association—By Telegraph—Oopynjiu SYDNEY, Jan. 25. Tram and bus employees "have decided to hold a one-day strike to-morrow in Sydney and Newcastle; A compulsory conference of the disputing parties today failed to avert the stoppage. Sydney has 1,200 trams and 450 buses, with a daily average of passengers of more than 1,000,000. The strike will mean the dislocation of many war industries and food-producing factories. More than 200,000 workers will be affected. Union officials say that the tramway and Ibus employees ate determined to force the immediate release by the man power and Army authorities of sufficient labour to man trams and buses. They claim that 500 men must be brought into the industry if a complete breakdown of employees is to be averted. At present thev sav men and women are working more" than 100 hours a fortnight, and sometimes up to 26 consecutive days without a day oft. The meeting of tram and bus employees also decided; that unless satisfaction is received ■withm 14 days the employees will work strictly according to the rules and regulations. If this decision is earned tout the transport services will he thrown into chaos because of the delays which will occur at stopping places. _ ; \