MARITIME STRUGGLE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16579, 7 November 1924, Page 5

MARITIME STRUGGLE.

OVERTIME STRIKE,

THE PLAN, OF CAMPAIGN

(Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.i SYDNEY, Nov. 6. It is authoritatively stated that, be-' fore deciding upon a plan of campaign against the Shipping and Labor Bureau, the Waterside Workers’ Federation, with the endorsement of the Transport Grfiup, has obtained a. definite assurance from each Labor Pr emier in the Common-

wealth that ho would not permit the establishment of a 'Shipping Labor Bureau when the trouble started. The watersidei's state that they are prepared to go on indefinitely with the overtime j strike because, for the first time in many months, most of them were, earning considerably more than they have for years. This, they state, is due to the double shifts working to expedite the handling of cargoes. . ■< The Ferndale is still without a. com- >. plote crew. All the stewards have now ieft. Another attempt •isto be made on Friday to sign on a complete crew.; - Present indications point to a protracted struggle between the Commonwealth Lihe and tlio unions. A meeting 1 of stewards resolved that no member, a,p- t ply for employment on the Ferndale until the men whom the Seamen's Union objected to were discharged. It is stated the inter-State shipping companies will endeavor t-o break the overtime strike by a policy of passive non-resistance and by the laying up of' The trouble with wharfies may go on indefinitely. Oversea shipping companies with the aid of the Bureau workers can .carry on indefinitely, but the inter-State companies will con-' tinue to tie up the steamers as soon as they are unloaded and will not employ either Bureau or free labor. They believe they will be able to stand the siege longer than the wharf laborers’ union. ■ . v f-v‘>; y : '

Tho Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Shipping. Bureau has combined into a. wharf labor- 1 ers’ union and .will shortly apply for registration. ~ - - - - , A member’ of the Shipping Rureau on his way to work was assaulted and abody of police has been despatched to the wharves as a precautionary measure. In future extra police will be placed on duty where the Bpreau men may be subjected to violence. ;

The Moreton Bay’s passengers will ho sent by-train to Brisbane on Ffiday, It. is probable the crew will he paid off • and the ship tied up. (Received Nov. 7. 1 p.mi) , Melbourne, nov.‘7. ! ’ The Australian Steamship Owners” Federation has decided to ask the President of the Arbitration Court to summan a compulsory 'conference in connection with the overtime stiike. *