CARGO CONTRACT
UNION AND COMPANY
AUCKLAND WHARVES
,vP.A.) AUCKLAND, June 2. Under a cost plus contract with the Tasman Shipping Company to unload the island cargo of the motor vessel Viti purchased by the company from the Fiji Government, the Auckland Waterside Workers’ Union is supervising its own labour —a miniature experiment in policy advocated by the New Zealand union for nearly a quarter of a century. This is the first instance, except for an isolated case many years ago, of watersiders directly contracting to handle a ship's cargo. The owners of the Viti are reported to be “extremely pleased” with the experiment. The union maintains that the system on a broad scale would eliminate labour troubles. The Viti is to be converted for the Tasman trade.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22654, 3 June 1948, Page 6
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127CARGO CONTRACT Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22654, 3 June 1948, Page 6
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