TRANSPORT WORKERS
CONFERENCE AT COPENHAGEN. DEMAND FOR REFORMS. Puss Association—By Telegraph-Copyright. COPENHAGEN, Auguat 30. 'llio Transport Workers* Congress de.manded tho abolition of tho imprisonment of soamen for desorting a vessel when in harboUr, and suggested, that disobedient seamon should be punished by tho payof their wages to a temporary substitute. It was also suggested that the captain should not in futuro keep the seaman's certificate, which was the only proof of his ablo seamanship. „ . August 31. (Received: August 31, nt 9 p.m.) Tho convention decided that seamen's unions throughout tho world be affiliated enabling a! unionist to show his book of membership and participate in the privileges,of the union wherever lie might bo.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14927, 1 September 1910, Page 7
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