DIRECT ACTION
CONDEMNED BY EMPLOYERS’ FEDERATION
‘ (Received 2nd December, noon) SYDNEY, This Day. A i meeting of the council of the Employers; Federation carried _ a resolution strongly condemning the militant action of the Watersiders’ Federation in resorting to direct action, and desiring publicly to announce that the shipowners have the entire support of the federation in the fight to uphold the law of the land and see that awards are faithfully carried out.
If the shipping dispute continues about 15,000 miners will be idled in a week. So far about 20 mines are idle in the Northern coalfield, and the inter-State coal trade has already almost ceased. The majority of workers idled on account of the upheaval are- strongly opposed to the overtime strike, and it is believed a move wiTT be made immediately to induce the leaders of the watersiders to declare the strike off and submit the grievances to the Commonwealth Arbitration Court.
It is expected that a meeting of the marine transport group unions will be held at an early date to discuss a common policy for the guidance of the workers during the strike.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 2 December 1927, Page 5
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188DIRECT ACTION Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 2 December 1927, Page 5
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