STRIKE ENDS

Hokitika Guardian, 13 May 1933, Page 5

STRIKE ENDS

SEAMEN AGREE

TO TERMS OF NEW AGREEMENT.

(Per Press Association Copyright.l

WELLINGTON, May 12.

Mr Walsh, tne i > resiclent of the Federated Seamen’s Union,, announces that tlie strike is at ail end.

a. lie terms of settlement for the new agreement have been submitted to tne members of tiie Seamen’s Union at ail ports, lie said, arid, by a large majority, tne members have . accepted an agreement arrived at by trie, representatives of the seamen arid the shipowners. The strike is, therefore off.

The Union Company paid off the Tamahine’s volunteer crew yesterday and signed on her old Union crew. Trie vessel’s departure ior Picton had been postponed Until 6,30. p.m. yesterday to enable this to be done.

" After her Union crew had been signed on, it is understood that they refused to man the vessel until /she had been fumigated, and their quarters cleaned out, the reason being that they could not live in. quarters that had recently been used by “scab” labour, until all traces of them had been obliterated by a thorough funugation. " .. . >• '

'Jhe Union Company had no option but to do this, and the TamahineV departure was then.:, postponed until 1 p.m, to-morrow.

NEW AGREEMENT EFFECTiVE.

THE POSITION AT LYTTELTON.

LYTTELTON, May 12,

News that the unions at Lyttelton and Dunedin had accepted the new agreement was received by midday to-day, but it was not until 2 p.m. that news was received that the men at Auckland had accepted the shipowners’ new terms, and that the holdup had definitely ended. As soon as tlii s news had bqen given out to the different ‘ shipping (companies, a definite start was made to man most of the vessels [laid up here. , It was then that the . . significance of the clause \in the new agreement, whereby the shipowners agreed. " to. sign on each ship the crew which. had, been paid off j during Hhe dispute,. bfe- ; came. apparent. , It was found in ** number of cases at Wellintgon, and also at other ports, that some 0 f the members of the crews of various ships had left tin©.; port, at which they had been paid. ; Under the agreement the' owners ' 'could not replace these men, eyen temporary, by others without the Union offieialsy and it undcrsfobd thqt, in each case, the officials refused to give that permission. Thus pf ships, whioli Would have Jdit.'|7|uiiigton. aim other ports to-dayy wl|l -not- be able tc sail before earliest,