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WELLINGTON WATERSIDERS. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Nov. 26. Eighty-four new members have been admitted to the Wellington Waterside Workers’ Union. There were nearly 3000 applications for membership, but the executive considered that if the union’s strength were greatly increased it would deprive members of a reasonable amount of work and detrimentally disturb the conditions generally. “I fail to understand why the Waterside Workers’ Union should be expected to absorb any number of men at any given time, or all the time,” said Mr E. Canliani, president of the union. Mr Canham added that if membership had not been restricted conditions on the wharf during the depression, when there were large numbers of men out of work, would have been impossible. Men who had given consistent service over a long period of years were entitled to protection.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 308, 27 November 1936, Page 4
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