WORK AND WAGES
VICTORIAN SEAMEN’S GRIEVANCE. MELBOURNE. Jan. 27. Lively proceedings marked the monthly stop-work meeting of the Victorian branch of the Seamen's Union. The shipowners’ letter of January S. was considered, and after a long discussion it was resolved that the committee of management representing the union should approach the shipowners again and put forward the suggestion that Conciliation Committees should be appointed in every port, to deal with and reach a final understanding, respecting each dispute as it arose. The General Secretary, Mr Raeburn, said: “It is impossible for a committee sitting in Melbourne, perhaps 500 miles from the scene of the dispute, to interpret the cause properly.” The meeting agreed to inform Mr Towers it disclaimed the practice of any “job control.’”. The statement that an example should be made of those men who delayed ships through being drunk, was greeted with loud cheers.— U.P.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11013, 28 January 1926, Page 5
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