AUSTRALIAN LABOUR TROUBLES.
(By Electric Telegraph—CoDvnght.) Per Preaa Association. ' SYDNEY, March 23. The conference between the coastal steamship companies ancl the Wharf Labourers' Union was resumed this afternoon. . . The representatives of the shipping companies presented tho final terms under which they are prepared to settle the strike.
These were subsequently considered and refused by the representatives of the men. The conference was then adjourned until to-mor.row. Mr Hughes (Labour' Leader) states that the position is critical, but not hopeless. The Employers' Federation discussed the course of action merchants and traders should take in connection with the strike, and resolved—"That the time has arrived to assert the right of the employer to utilise non-Union labour, especially at a time when Unionists refuse to work at Arbitration award wages."
It was further decided to give full support to the coastal companies in maintaining this principle, and it also expressed admiration at tho courage, patience and consideration of public interest exhibited by tho representatives of the coastal companies in connection with the present dispute.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8542, 24 March 1908, Page 3
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171AUSTRALIAN LABOUR TROUBLES. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8542, 24 March 1908, Page 3
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