EIGHT HONRS CONFERENCE
WITHDRAWAL OF OWNERS UNIQUE POSITION AT GENEVA REMAINDER WILL CARRY ON By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Australian Press Association. Received Oct. 14, 7.30 p.m. Geneva, Oct. 13. The maritime conference has been reduced to representatives of the governments and the workers’ delegates. It has been decided to carry on. The workers express the opinion that all the owners seized upon the objection to the British workers’ representatives as an excuse for an attempt to torpedo the conference and prevent the adoption of the eight-hour day. The situation is unique.
The shipowners believe the conference cannot constitutionally carry on in view of the treaty provision that the conference must represent the governments, workers, employers and owners. The walk-out is described as an affront to the British Government, the Trades Union Council and the Labour office.
Objection was made by the owners to the appointment of Mr. Ben Tillett, once a dock worker, as the British workers’ representative, he being appointed by the Trades Union Council instead of the Seamen’s Union. The British owners refused to participate in the conference and received the sympathy of other owners.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 October 1929, Page 9
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