Pan-Pacific Watersiders’ Conference

Grey River Argus, 20 May 1947, Page 5

Pan-Pacific Watersiders’ Conference

AUCKLAND, May 19. An industrial mutural security pact embracing all waterside workers m the Pacific is the aim of the PanPacific Conference of Watersiders which is expected to meet shortly, said the national president of the New Zealand Waterside Workers' Union, Mr H. Barnes, who said this afternoon that he will leave on Wednesday by air for Sydney with the national secretary (Mr T. Hill) .to - confer with officials of the Australian Waterside Workers’ Federation. The Auckland watersiders held a stopwork meeting this afternoon to hear a report from Mr Barnes on ; last week’s negotiations with the Government on the union’s aim for 1 greater worker representation on the proposed new commission to govern the waterfront industry. Mr Hill and Mr Barnes will go to . Australia on Wednesday for union consultations. “Every endeavour. will be made to return to Wellington in . ; time for the momentous Federation of Labour conference,” said My Hill.” - '*"