Waterside Strike

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 281, 7 November 1924, Page 5

Waterside Strike

The Australian Trouble PROTRACTED STRUGGLE PROBABLE. COMPANIES LAYING UP VESSELS. ißy Cable—Press Association—Copyright.] Sydney, Nov. 6. It is authorataliveiy sutittU that be- i lore Ueciumg upon a plan ui campaign against the snipping labour bureau, I the Waterside Workers b©deration, j with the endorsement of the transport ' group, Obtained a uennite assurance ! from each Labour Premier in the Loin monwealth that he would nut permit the establishment oi a snipping labour bureau when tiie trouble started. lhe waiersiders state that tixej are prepared to go on indefinitely with lhe o.erume striae, b tea use for the first, time in many months most oi them are earning considerably more than they have lor years. This, they state, is due to double shifts working to expedite th© handling of cargoes. The Ferndale is still without a complete crew. All the stewards have now left. Another attempt will be made on Friday to sign on a complete crow. Present indications point to a protracted struggle between the Commonwealth line and the unions. A meeting of stewards resolved that no mem* her will apply for employment on the Ferndale until the men whom the Seamen’s Union objected to were discharged. It is stated that inter-state shipping companies will end°avour to break the strike by a policy of passive non-resistance and by the laying up of steamers. The trouble with the wffarf labourers may go on indefinitely. Oversea shipping companies, with the aid of bureau workers, can carry on indefinitely, but inter-state companies will continue to tie up steamers as soon as they are unloaded and will not employ either bureau or free labour. They believe thhey will be able to stand the seige longer than the Wharf Labourers’ Union. The sailors’ and soldiers’ shipping bureau has combined into a wnarf labourers’ union and will shortly apply for registration. A members of the shipping bureau on the way to work was assaulted ana a body of police has been despatched to the wharves as a precautionary measure. In future extra police will be placed on duty where bureau men may be subjected to violence. The Moreton Bay’s passengers will do sent by train to Brisbane on Friday. It is probable the crew will be paid off and the ship tied up. COMPULSORY CONFERENCE SOUGHT. - (Received 7, 11.40 a.m.) Melbourne, Nov. 7. The Australasian Steamship Owners’ Federation decided to ask the President of the Arbitration Court to summon a compulsory conference in connection with the overtime strike.