REFUSAL TO WORK CARGO.
NEW CRANES BOYCOTTED. ATTITUDE OF WATERSIDERS. [BY TELEGRAPH. —ritESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN, Monday. Acting under instructions from headquarters, waterside workers havo definitely refused to handle cargo worked by the i]e\v electric luffing cranes erected by' the Harbour Board on Victoria Wharf. This refusal comes suddenly, for when the union recently asked that its members be employed as crane drivers, thero was no hint of a boycott. Tho board was of the opinion that its plant should bo worked only by its own servants. Tho boycott means that plant costing over £IO,OOO is standing idlo ponding a settlement of the dispute.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20640, 12 August 1930, Page 5
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103REFUSAL TO WORK CARGO. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20640, 12 August 1930, Page 5
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