DISPUTE ON WATERFRONT AT AUCKLAND SETTLED

Southland Times, Issue 23378, 9 December 1937, Page 6

DISPUTE ON WATERFRONT AT AUCKLAND SETTLED

Work Begun On 24 Vessels In Port AGREEMENT MADE AT CONFERENCE OF PARTIES (United Press Association) AUCKLAND, December 8. The labour dispute on the Auckland waterfront was settled this morning. It ended just as suddenly as it had started on Thursday night, and within a few minutes of an agreement being reached at a joint conference between representatives of the shipping interests and of the watersiders the men had started accepting their engagement disks from the bureau on the central wharf and were dispersing to their respective ships. Shortly after midday the 24 vessels in port which were affected by the dispute were working again, some of them for the first time in five days. The overhead cranes on the wharves were once more swinging cargo out and inboard and the waterfront was alive with working men, machinery and trucks. Three main clauses were included in the terms of settlement, which were accepted without comment by the men. These terms were:—

(1) That the bureau man the Waiana forthwith. (2) After engagement for the Waiana has been accepted all other ships to be manned immediately. (3) 'Five men who attended the Waiana on Thursday night and also four men who asked for leave of absence be included in the general engagement. Tn addition, it was decided that the Bureau Control Board, consisting of representatives of each party, should meet later to consider the position.