SEAMEN'S SECRETARY
VOTE OF NO-CONFIDENCE SYDNEY MASS MEETING SYDNEY. May 08 The members of the Seamen's Union at a mass meeting yesterday carried a resolution of no Confidence in the general secretary, Mr. J. Keenan, who led the recent shipping strike, and called upon him to resign. The resolution expressed the opinion that his presence in Melbourne, where ho tried to reorganise the members and to prevent the registration of the volunteer seamen's union, was "more of a hindrance than an asset to our union." The former general secretary, Mr. Jacob Johnson, told the meeting" he had definite information that without Mr. Keenan at least 75 per cent of the seamen could look forward to better treatment from the shipowners. A , message from Melbourne states that Mr. Keenan has declared his intention of ignoring the Sydney union's decision calling on him to resign, as the meeting was not a representative one.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22431, 29 May 1936, Page 11
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