UPHEAVAL COMING?
AUSTRALIAN WATERFRONT ACCUSATIONS BY SEAMEN (Elee. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn. % (Received April 14, .1 p.m.) SYDNEY, April .14. The Commonwealth Steam Shi]) Owners' Association has received a letter signed by Mr. Jacob Johnson, general secretary of the Seamen's Union, which they accept as a prelude to a big upheaval on the whole of the waterfront in Australia. The letter accuses the owners of being hypocritical in their attitude towards continuing the conference which met last October to discuss the new log presented by the seamen. It adds that the whole matter will be placed before the members of the union, who will then bo able to determine the policy necessary to bring about improved working conditions, which are long overdue. The owners state that they agreed to the resumption of the conference and the only condition was that peace should be maintained and job control tactics eliminated.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16622, 14 April 1928, Page 6
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