REPRISALS BY UNION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 18 February 1921, Page 5

REPRISALS BY UNION.

NO WORK AFTER" FIVE O'CLOCK. MEN WORKING AT DUNEDIN. (BY $ELEGR A. PH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, Feb. 17. A climax was reached on the waterfront to-day, when further reprisals were made by members of the Waterside Workers' Union. The men employed on the vessels Durham, Karori, and Ngakutu were addressed this morning by Mr. Bennett (secretary of the Waterside Labour Employment Association). He pointed out that the local union had denied knowledge of concerted action, but the employers, on the other hand, were absolutely convinced that the men were acting on a concerted plan. He explained that unless the men resumed overtime at five o'clock tiSat evening no further engagements would be made until assurances were received that the irritation tactics would be discontinued. After ten minutes' deliberation the men announced their decision not to .'. ork after five o'clock.. DUNEDIN, Feb. 17. Regarding the industrial trouble on the waterfront, the Dunedin watersiders maintain the greatest secrecy. They1 say that the position is unchanged and) that they have received no information from Wellington as to any future action that may be decided upon. In the -meantime the men on the waterfront here are working steadily, and are certainly not pursuing the "go-stow" policy. A meeting of the local executive of the New Zealand Transport Workers' Federation < was held on Wednesday • night, when Mr. J. Roberts (general secretary of the federation) was present. The business transacted did not give the slightest indications of what the watersiders intend to 4°. as be gained by the fact that a question on the point subsequently put by a reporter to some of those present at the meeting brought an authoritative reply that the reporter knew just as much about the future action of the watersiders as they did. All the power, it would seem, rests in the hands of the executive in Wellington. Mr. Roberts left by. the second express on. his return to Wellington. AUCKLAND, Feb. 17. No overtime was worked on the Auck_ land wharves to-night, as the men attended a meeting to hear Mr. Glover, of the Watersiders' Federation, outline the constitution of the New Zealand Vl'iance o£ Labour.