OVERTIME STRIKE
CRANE-DRIVERS AFFECTED (Received Nov. 29, 1 p.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 29. Ciano employees at Newcastle decided to strike as a protest against the action of the Railway - Commissioners serving notice of dismissal on 86 crane employees. The union’s action will have the eject of completely crippling the shipping trade of the port and within a week forcing the management- of nearly every colliery on the northern fields to shill down their mines. 'lhe dismissal of the crane- employees is due to the operation of the "no overtime” strike, coal trimmers ceasing work at 4 o’clock in the afternoon instead of working 24 hours daily. There is not .sufficient work to justify the retention of the services of the crane drivers. (Received Nov. 2(1, 2 pan.) SYDNEY. Nov. 20. No development* occurred in the “no overtime” strike during the week-end. The effects of the strike are now being more seriously felt, and many vessels are delayed.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16203, 29 November 1926, Page 8
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