SYDNEY WHARF STRIKE

Grey River Argus, 3 April 1943, Page 4

SYDNEY WHARF STRIKE

SERVICEMEN STILL HANDLING CARGO. . (Special to N.Z.P.A.) (Rec. 1.30.) SYDNEY, April 2. Servicemen continue to handle cargo; at Sydney wharves. It i s estimated that each gang of servicemen handled on average, thirty-five tons of cargo an hour compared with about fifteen tons handled by’ wharf labourers since the war began.. A circular issued by the waterfront section of the Communist Party urges abandoning of the strike declaringj “'This is a sorry mess into which these phoney strike leaders have led us. This strike ties up shi,ps and troops, and thus aids the Fascict enemy. It is a catastrophic strike.’’