WOMEN DOCKERS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 701, 10 May 1916, Page 4

WOMEN DOCKERS.

I MEN'S PROTEST AGAINST THEM.; | vThe latest -vvor.k to be undertaken by l ) j women is that of the dock labourer.ij I About- 'uO 'strong •wonten are now-en-l [gaged; ast dock, "porters at-Liverpool, be-; j'in£ etnployedoby the> Ley-land Line at! [the 1 W-esfc Jnfliai branch, and they -are: I •stated 4o be giving s&tisfaetion. | They work at what, is- known as'j ["tracking" cotton—r-that is, ; wheeling j bales" of cotton<ion trucks from the-ships: to tlie f wagons. ' It is'not nioi'c ardu-'i ouS''tfiart 'tnmiyr lot Her ■'ofeeiTpations 1 liow'l faVcUiroil iby~'w6men.' Many- of the j women Tire the wives of'soldiors on ae-1 'five l service,! and ■they, are;'paid the. same rate *of wages' as'men :on that class of' work. I Ofi t-Kc' s ground-ifWat dock work is un- • suitable for 'Women/'however, the Dockers'"Umori has ; entered a protest against | their presenec r 'a# the docks. It "is expected that the question will be settled • I without delay by a joint board of ro-M Ipresdrtatives of the'employers anoVmen.;