WATERSIDE DISPUTE
DIRT MONEY DEMAND MEN REFUSE 3D AN HOUR [by TELEGRAPH —rRESS association] "WELLINGTON, Friday Because of a dispute over dirt money on the Canterbury Shipping Company s motor-ship Breeze at Wellington on Wednesday afternoon, the waterside workers concerned were paid off yesterday morning. No further men would accept engagement on the Breeze, and as a result the vessel was idle from .9 a.m. On Wednesday afternoon the watersiders asked for 4d an hour extra dirt money for handling leaking casks of pelts. This was thought excessive, and they were offered 3d an hour, which 'was refused. The men were thereupon discharged, and Avhen a call was mada for working the Breeze yesterday the men engaged refused to lift their discs. The Waterfront Commission holds that a breach of the order of the commission has been made, and has announced that the men concerned will be penalised. Following a conference this morning it was decided the men should return to work pending a settlement of the dispute.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23773, 28 September 1940, Page 10
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168WATERSIDE DISPUTE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23773, 28 September 1940, Page 10
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