WATERSIDE WORKERS

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13797, 6 February 1917, Page 3

WATERSIDE WORKERS

Wellington . % decision. (Per Fmi AisooUtlon,) , .■: i;;.'./" ;I -' : i WELLINGTON, robmary ,5 The Haibout Boaid delibeiated in committee fori uearly; two hourb, t and on resuming,: m open board, the following resolution passed lm committee was apt proved:—"That, this board endorses the action of rits representatives' in" reteriing the 'recent demands and conditions . of': the- Waters# Workers' Federation ito the Conciliation Council and Arbitration Court," ■■■ ■■■.- GISBORNE WEEKEND WORK STOPPED.- ' (Per Press Association.) . . ' GISBORNE,: February" 3. When Mr Stubbing, the employers' representative,; attended at ■ nooiu "as- is customary, to; engage labour- for work' lug the steamers Mo'nowai and Arahura ou Sunday no; labour was offering.' This work has been hitherto much sought after, owing to the reinuieraVion of 3s Gd per hour;' The work of loading timber for Sydney on the Joan Craig was suspended at noon* to-day, the mod declining to work oii Saturday'affernbon, : ■ V WANGANUI UNION. >' (Per Preii Aiioolstlon.) . WANGANUDI,.February-3, • A meeting of the Wahganui Waterside Workers' Union was held - (this morning. - The report 1 of the' delegates to' Wellington was received,!and it!was decided by a secret ballot that the local union would not work between 'fivp o'clock in the evening and eightfo'clock in the morning... LYTTELTON WATERSIDERS' v MEETING.. ' ' ■ ' . OHRISTCHURCH, February 5. ■■ The. Lyttelton. watersiders,/ held a meeting lasting two -and a half- hours on Saturday morning to receive the report- of Mr: Flood, delegate to the Wellington, conference; The was not open to the press, but ;the secretary. informed a reporter subsequently that it had decided definite line of action whiili he was not at liberty to disclose,. The meeting had' decided' that the fyyttelton jvatersidcrs would'not appoint assessors ttf' the ; Conciliation Council.- aiid would not appeal' in'the Arbitration Court. • i : ~/I.r:;■ '' DUMPING - CA'RGOi"' . The following explanation' of the process kuown as •'dumping cargo-',- has been made, at th,e request of, employers, by experts in tjie business. "Dumping l is the. process' of ..discharging cargo in nets instead of in slings,.' It- would be -; inore correctly teynbd ''netting-''' cargo.... Experts~of considerable experience statremphatically .that it; is a safer, process ..than slinging, more , especially'when comparatively inexperienced"'! stevedores have to be employed. It expedites the dispatch of vessels very cojisiderably, "and easily makes the difference of a day in the discharge of a regular liner,. . It involves-'the; employment of a larger number of meii than when slinging; - 'Referring to the 'statement' that cargo is- more damaged through being discharged in nets, experts point out that when slinging: cargo which is. stow.ee away from the square of the hatch-the slings are dragged out, after, being made up "and cargo is frequently : eon siilerably damaged as a consequence whereas,. when using : the net. tin cargoes are c.onveyed to th.e.iiets iii th< hatch and lifted practically-'; direct up, thus avoiding much of .the damagi which occurs when goods are slung a: ; above.. In the case of a badly inade-up-sliiij the danger to men as . considerable while oveii the most -inexperienced eai fill a net which will laild the cargo ii perfect safety. " •

"■ DISPUTE: FILED" IK" DUNEDIN, ■; The Otago Daily Times-states ; that Messrs John Mill and- Co. and H.'L, Tapley. and\Co. have filed disputes and applied for -their -hearing-:,before : -- the Coiirt of Arbitration. file against the: - Ne'w;': Zealand :• s Waterside Workers' Federation; ciation'; of .Workers' 'and:' the ';P-ort 'Clialniers-Waterside;. Workers' Union, the' latter against the .>New --Zealand Federation aud the Dunedin Waterside Workeis' Union.

In each case there- xb application made that the matters itu dispute be heard,firstly, : by the Council' of--Conciliation-, it being stated tbat claims for higher rates of pay and alterations.m working i conditions have been made by/the representatives of. the: workcrs. upoii the | employers, and conferences „tlieicon have -failed to bring agreement/ . ■The terms offgred by the employers are the same as .those .provided 1 , for m. the existing agreement ■ The < assessors appointed' ,by the : com- • paniea to appear before^the; Conciliation ; Council arc Messis "\V. L G, Smith (Union Steam" Ship Company), Neil (NowjZealaiid Shipping Company), and H, L Tapley (Cinterbuiy Steam Ship Company). ' Inquiucs made on Satuiday at the wateifiont to fchon that,the men do not want anv tiouble The) state th.it if an\ tiopble anse it will be foued on tlipm ,The stopiaoik meeting held In the Pmiedup wnteiipdc ftOiKeis on ThiiijMlaj wa? fni fhe pose of hewing the report qf fhelinipn'? delegate (Mi alior, tivo confdiencd ami; tho^jnen^^ust^onell^edi'in , iJMMHI