A NEW UNION.
AUSTRALIAN WATERSIDERS.
—y work on constitutional ’ LINES.
BY CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. Received 11.55 a.m. to-day. MELBOURNE, April 17. Application hasi been lodged with the Registrar of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court by the Permanent and) Casual Wharf Labourers’ Union of Australia for registration as an organisation under the Act. The union has ov6r 1000 members. Its main objeets: are to prevent strikes and lockouts, to preserve industrial peace by abstention from direct action, and by the observance of awards made or sanctioned by the Arbitration Court. An endeavour will be made to establish branches in all States. The headquarters of the union is Sydney. After a meeting of officials of the Federal committee of management of the Watersiders’ Federation, Mr Hurley, general president, stated 1 : “We have taken this step to bring a normal state of working into the waterside industry of Australia. We are in a position to say that for the future all disputes between the Watersiders' Federation and the employers of maritime labour will be conducted on strictly constitutional lines: We expect to carry out our obligations so far as the awards and agreements are concerned, and we have instructed! our branches to act in accordance with the policy outlined. ”
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 17 April 1926, Page 7
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206A NEW UNION. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 17 April 1926, Page 7
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