WORK ON WATERFRONT.
PAYMENT BY RESULTS. VIEWS OF MEN’S LEADERS. :Y CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATION—COpYrIUH'I Received 12.25 p.m. to-day. MELBOURNE, Dec. 21. The proposav by Judge Hoe by to make inquiries regarding tne introduction oi a system ol payment by result lor work on the waterfront appeal's to be favoured by union officials in 'Melbourne. They believe it would eliminate tne stevedoring companies, which contract with the owners to do the work on a tonnage basis. The secretary of the Wharf Labourers’ Union sard that if the system were acceptable to the men it would probably promote harmony on the waterfront. The union could contract for the loading end unloading of vessels, and the, work would not be so liable to stoppages arising from disputes over the interpretation of awards find agreements.
Other officials said to make pN rework successful, midd'emen would have to be removed.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 21 December 1927, Page 9
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144WORK ON WATERFRONT. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 21 December 1927, Page 9
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