WATERSIDERS AND EMPLOYERS
DEADLOCK REACHED AT LYTTELTON
NO RESPONSE TO CALLS FOR LABOUR
By Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, June 24. A deadlock has arisen between the Waterside Employers’ Association and the Lyttelton Waterside Workers’ Union, on the manning of vessels, and most of the vessels in port on Saturday remained idle, and it is expected that the trouble will also affect two overseas ships due to-morrow. After the dismissal of the men engaged in discharging the Wingatui on Friday for allegedly goin; slow and the notice posted by the Association that the Wingatui would be made a preference ship, tv/o calls for labour for that) ship were made on Saturday morning. The only men to stand up for engagement were those who had been dismissed. These the employers would not accept, and the Wingatui was not worked nor was a call made for labour to work other vessels. The exceptions were the Rangatira and Tees, which had engaged labour on Friday and took on an extra gang on Saturday. The idle vessels were the Opihi, to load cargo for Nelson and New Plymouth; the Port Whangarei, for Wellington and Wanganui; the Gale, for Wellington; and the Wanganui and Kaimai with coal for discharge. The overseas vessels due to-morrow are the Orari and Hororata. Calls for labour for the Wingatui will be made again morning.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19834, 25 June 1934, Page 8
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223WATERSIDERS AND EMPLOYERS Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19834, 25 June 1934, Page 8
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