THE SYDNEY STRIKE.
■* NO SETTLEMENT YET. THE UNIONS OBDURATE. : By Telegraph.—l'ress Association.—Copyright. (Received April 11, 1.25 a.m.) Sydney, April 10. The chief point at issue when the conference in regard' to the wharf labourers' strike adjourned on Wednesday was whether members of the Institute of Marine Engineers should return to work, while allowing engineers engaged on coastal boats during the strike to complete their terms of agreement with the companies, some of which were stated to run to 12 months. A ballot of the institute was taken today, and it was decided to allow the engineers to complete their agreements. Subsequently a meeting of representatives of the coastal companies accepted the provisional agreement. A meeting of unions affected ie now in progress. ! The latest report is that they had reI fused certain proposals in the agreement, ! and that the strike remained unsettled. I ■■■■' ■■■' ■■ INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES BILL. (Received April 10, 11.47 p.m.) Sydney, April 10. The Legislative Council has passed the third reading of the Industrial Disputes j Bill. _ j The object of the Bill is professedly to prevent strikes, but the attitude of the unions is hostile towards it.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13722, 11 April 1908, Page 7
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189THE SYDNEY STRIKE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13722, 11 April 1908, Page 7
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