SEAMEN'S LOG
BIG UPHEAVAL THREATENED ON AUSTRALIAN WATERFRONT LETTER FROM SEAMEN'S ONION Unitej Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copy rigid. (Received 14Ui April, 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The Commonwealth Steamship Owners' Association received a letter signed by Jacob Johnson, general secretary of the Seamen's Union, which they acceptas a prelude to a big upheaval on the whole of the waterfront- in Australia. The letter accuses the owners of being hypocritical in their attitude towards continuing the conference which met last October to discuss the new log presented by the seamen. It adds thai, the whole matter will he placed before members of the union, who will then be able to determine the policy necessary to bring about improved working conditions which are long overdue. The owners state that they agreed to the resumption of the conference. The only condition was thai peace should be maintained and job confrol tactics dim inated.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 14 April 1928, Page 7
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150SEAMEN'S LOG Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 14 April 1928, Page 7
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