AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
THE COASTAL STRIKE. UNION IN CHASTENED MOOD. (Press AsE-joSfltion—By Telegraph—Copyright.) SYDNEY, March 11. The possibilities of an extension of the coastal shipping strike to the inter-State services were discussed at a meeting of the Seamen’s Union. Certain extermists favoured an “all in” policy, which would mean the withdrawal of the seamen from the inter-State ships. A _ majority of the members, however - , manifested a strong disinclination to bring about further trouble. The general feeling was that the union had already been hard hit by the coastal trouble, which they said, should Ire settled as soon as possible. Complaints were freely made that members oi the maritime unions were blacklegging by volunteering to take seamen’s places, and requests were made for a searching inquiry. Mr Johnson said, if the seamen thought they had no chance of winning, they should make peace on the best terms they could. . , Resolutions were carried that the branch executive should use every means to bring the strike to a satisfactory issue, and that a committee should be appointed to ascertain the extent of blacklegging and take steps to prevent it.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19736, 12 March 1926, Page 9
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185AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING Otago Daily Times, Issue 19736, 12 March 1926, Page 9
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