STRIKE IN SHIPYARDS
DEFENCE BOARD MAY ACT AMERICAN INDICATION (Reed. Aug. 9, 9 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 7._ The Defence Mediation Board said yesterday that it would recommend the Government to take over the plant of the Federal Shipbuilding Dry-dock Company if production was not resumed immediately. Twenty-two thousand men engaged in the construction of a cruiser, destroyers and other naval craft are affected by the strike, which the union ordered because the company refused to dismiss employees who failed to pay union dues. A message despatched from Kearney, New Jersey, on Thursday, stated that 14,000 workers in the Federal Shipbuilding Dry-dock Company struck at midnight. The strike would halt £IOO,OOO worth of defence contracts, including six destroyers, three tankers, and two cargo vessels.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20629, 9 August 1941, Page 5
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123STRIKE IN SHIPYARDS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20629, 9 August 1941, Page 5
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