STRIKE OF LUMPERS.
MAY BECOME GENERAL.
RATES FOR HANDLING COPPER AND
BULLION. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. (Received January 26, 12.50 a.m.) Sydney, January 25. Troublk is brewing with the waterside workers. A small strike occurred to-day on the part, of the lumpers working the Adelaide Company's and Howard, Smith, and Companv's steamers. The men object to handle copper ore and bullion at the same rates as for general cargo, and demand to be paid the rates given for loading such articles on deep sea vessels. The position is a delicate one. and a false move may start a great maritime strike. Nonunion labour to handle ore on coastal steamers is freely used, and the unionists, in addition to the request for deep-sea rates, make a return to work conditional on the non-unionists employed since Saturday lastbeing dispensed with.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19070126.2.32
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13396, 26 January 1907, Page 5
Word Count
137STRIKE OF LUMPERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13396, 26 January 1907, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in