WHARF STRIKE UNDER REVIEW BY CABINET
WELLINGTON, Sept. 18,
No move was made during the weekend to settle the Dominion-wide waterfront strike which began on Friday afternoon. This was confirmed last night by the Minister of Labour, Mr. W. Sullivan, who said that the Cabinet would discuss the matter today. The New Zealand Waterside Workers’ Unon announced that essential commodities would be unloaded during the strike. It is expected that the policy of the Government in handling the strike will emerge from today’s Cabinet meeting. One action may be to call a compulsory conference of parties under the Industrial Relations Act. The Act provides for attendance before a conciliation commissioner under threat of penalty. The Government’s broad attitude, indicated in the House of Representatives by Mr. Sullivan on Friday, is that it “stands firmly for the preservation of law and order on the waterfront, and is hopeful of an early settlement on this basis.’’
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23361, 18 September 1950, Page 6
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