RESUMPTION. OF WORK AT SOUTHAMPTON.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXVIII, 21 June 1912, Page 5

RESUMPTION. OF WORK AT SOUTHAMPTON.

COMMITTEE ABSTAIN FRQM FURTHER NEGOIIATIONS.

AN APPEAL FOR FUNDS

«y cable—press association—copyright. LONDON ,June 20.

The Southampton strikers have resume: unconditionally. Many permanent hands having been replaed are unable to secure immediate employment. One hundred and thirty-four vessels are working in London, and the barge traffic is increasing.

Lord Devonport, on behalf of the employers, declined to meet the Industrial Council, but is willing to meet t!<e Cabinet.

The Port of London Authority is requiring strikers to return to work pievious to the resumption of negotiations, and that the permanent staff should join the casual labor class, thereby forfj'"ina; the right of sick pay, holidays, and persions. The Strike Committee has decided co ahstain from further negotiations for a settlement. Meanwhile it will apjjeal to trade unionists for monetary assistance.

The Parliamentary Committee of the Trade Union Congress has endorsed the anneal, believing that the employers seek to iniure trade unions.