WORK AND WAGES.
THE FIREMEN’S STRIKE
(Ter Press Association.)
Wellington, January 20.
The secretary of the Seamen’s Union has replied to the statements made by the manager of the Union Company re the Mapourika. He said that the ship had always been hard for three firemen. He traversed some of the statements made by Mr. Kennedy, and concludes by stating that the ship will not turn her head seawards unless one extra fireman is supplied.
WATERSIDE WORKERS’ STRIKE
Westport, January 20
Through the failure of several members of the Waterside Workers’ Union and railwaymen engaged as hook-ers-on at the coal waggons, to pay strike levies, the water,siders went out on strike this afternoon, but resumed at 6 p.m. The levies, it is stated, were paid in the meantime.
STRIKE OF GLASGOW CARTERS
London, January 20,
Thirty-five hundred carters at Glasgow went out on strike to-day, demanding an increase of 2s and a reduction of 2* hours a week.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 19, 21 January 1913, Page 8
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