7000 Servicemen Work On 67 Ships
LONDON, Mon. ill a.iiu.-Sixty-seven ships at London docks were being worked by services labour today as the dock strike continued. More than 7000 soldiers, sailors and airmen are employed on ships. There are now 15,341 dockers out, 71 ships are idle and seven are undermanned. There are 1310 lightermen idle. The British Shipping Federation today turned down a request from the Stevedores and Lightermen's Union that it should try to arrange a meeting between Canadian shipowners and striking Canadian seamen. The statement by the federation said the request that been first made to the Minister of Labour who explained that he could not entertain the idea.
The federation could not, any more than the Minister, move .in this matter.
The Minister of Transport (Mr Alfred Barnes) and Minister of Food (Mr John Strachey) attended a Cabinet meeting this morning when the dock stoppage was discussed.
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Northern Advocate, 19 July 1949, Page 5
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