WATERSIDE DISPUTE
THE UNION’S VIEWPOINT
(Per Press Association.)
DUNEDIN, November 9. In connection with the waterside trouble, several members of the executive of the Watersiders’ Union stated that the men were quite willin<T to work the cargo to which they were accustomed, but at the time the City of Birmingham arrived there happened to be three winchmen short, and others were called upon to do the work. The men called upon were unused to such work, and refused to handle the oil. Certain men were accustomed to certain classes of cargo. Some, for instance, never handled coal, and others oil. It was on account of these men’s refusal that the employers blocked the port to the watersiders. It had been announced that no more labour would be ennaaed until the City of Birmingham was worked. The watersiders strongly resent the employers attitude, which' they consider high handed, and they are treating it as a lock-out.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 10 November 1923, Page 3
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