SYDNEY GRAVING DOCK
WORKERS BOYCOTT OPENING CLASS DISCRIMINATION ALLEGED SYDNEY, Mar. 23. The official opening of the Sydney graving dock by the Duke of Gloucester tc-morrow has been ‘‘declared black” by 1500 workmen, who have all been employed in the construction of the dock. The men decided to boycott the function because they allege that there has been class discrimination in the arrangements and the form of invitation for the ceremony. The men said the east side of the docks, where the Duke and Duchess would officiate, had been reserved for 800 Members of Parliament, men and women prominent in society, and union officials. The 8000 workers and their wives were to be “ reped off like sheep ” on (be opposite side of the dock. . . , , , Those on tile cast side of the- dock had been given gold-inscribed invitations. while the workmen had been issued with invitations <:n thin paper, which bore each man's work number. A joint mass meeting of members of the 16 unions involved will be held today to consider endorsement of the decision.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25802, 24 March 1945, Page 9
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