Threat of Maritime Strike in U.S.A.

Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 276, 22 November 1935, Page 6

Threat of Maritime Strike in U.S.A.

DOCKERS REFUSE TO UNLOAD VESSELS. United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyrirh t. Received Thursday, 0.50 p.m. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. A telegram was sent to President Roosevelt by the International Longshoremen's organisation from Los Angeles to-dpy which called upon the Government to intervene in the threatened strike of between 12,000 and 14,000 Pacific Coast and 20,000 Atlantic coast dock workers in sympathy with,Gulf of Mexico loaders who are trying to obtain recognition of their union against bitter opposition by Iho shipowners. - The strike which is expected to tic up shipping plying in both the Atlantic and Pacific is. already partially in effect, especially in western ports where vessels from New Orleans allegedly loaded by non-unionist labour can find no one to unload them. Representatives of shipping interests have petitioned the Federal Department of Justice to investigate the union activities and start prosecutions under tho Sennant Anti-Trust law. The American Federation of Labour has sent representations strongly protesting against tho Department of Justice “interference." Meantime the fate of much “hot"—of which the Australian and New Zealand equivalent is “black" —cargo lies in the balance with the prospect of a serious disturbance in America's sea-borne commerce.