WATERSIDE LABOUR.
(To the Editor.) Sir, —As mentioned in the “Star” the other day, loading operations on the Greymouth wharf this week have been delayed by a shortage of labour. It is admitted that the amount of shipping in port, eight steamers, is abnormal, but it is not only on this occasion that there has not been sufficient labour to meet the requirements. Such shortages are of common occurrence. The Watersiders’ Union membership is limited to 170 men, and no others are able to gain admittance beyond that number. If all the members of the union stood up at the various calls for labour, I am sure there would be enough labour to work any shipping in port at any time. But what is the position? Many of the unionists are not looking for regular work, and others seem to want night shifts only, in.order to get the higher rates of pay for that work; others, again, prefer whitebaiting to working on the wharf, or doing other jobs. Now, this is not fair to many unemployed men who would jump at the chance of joining the union, if the membership were not limited, or if some of the present members who do not look for work regularly were requested to resign.— I am., etc.,* WILLING.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 October 1929, Page 6
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