SEAMEN STRIKE
WITHOUT OFFICIAL SANCTION
OVER REDUCTION IN WAGES
THE SECRETARY’S VERSION. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION- COPYRIGHT Received August 18, 10.50 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 1/ •. It is reported that an unofficial strike has broken out among the seamen and firemen, and ships are held up in London and Hull. The action was taken as a protest against Mr Havelock Wilson and the ofhcia, s of the Sailors’ and Firemen’s Union agreeij.r to a reduction in wages. Ihey declare that they should have been consulted. ~ . .. Mi* Havelock Wilson says that the on v men who are striking are unemn oved, whom the Communists are _ exploiting, but the men are freely signing on. and recognising that the best bargain has been made in their interests. —Reuter.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 18 August 1925, Page 5
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123SEAMEN STRIKE Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 18 August 1925, Page 5
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