BOYCOTT THREAT
SHIPS OF PANAMANIAN REGISTRY INTERNATIONAL ACTION NZPA—Copyright NEW YORK, Mar. 29. Preparations are being made by more than 5,000,000 members of the International Transput Workers Federation to clamp an international boycott on all ships sailing under the flags of Panama and Honduras, stated Mr Harry Lundberg, president of the Seafarers’ International Union, which is affiliated to the American Federation of Labour. ~ „ , , Mr Lundberg said the transfer of American vessels to Panamanian and Honduran registry was “to beat paying union wages and to beat living up to safety rules and regulations. An international boycott, according to- Mr Lundberg, would be instituted on a given date to be fixed soon throughout the world. Panamanian and Honduran ships would be picketed in every port, and longshoremen and teamsters would refuse to load or discharge such vessels.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27044, 31 March 1949, Page 5
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