ON THE AIR
WIRELESSMEN’S STRIKE NO SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTE SHIPS WITHOUT OPERATORS LONDON, Feb. 14. Protracted negotiations between representatives of the striking operators and the ship owners ended in a deadlock with no immediate prospect of a settlement, according to the chairman of the Operators’ Association, who said that the employers simply repeated their terms and gave the association seven days to accept, threatening in the event of refusal to offer certain conditions to the men individually. Failure to agree was confined to the questions of wages and the reinstatement of strikers, the employers insisting that the men Presume at reduced rates, and be reinstated only as the employers were able to offer service. The chairman concluded that .1300 ships arc now going to sea without qualified wireless operators. Over 1900 are striking.
The Wireless Telegraphists’ Association in a statement says that the operators are prepared to submit the whole dispute to the Industrial Court, but arc not prepared to prejudice their case before the Court by accepting a totally unjustified reduction. It points out that wireless operators accepted reductions in 1922 and 1924, additional to any reduction accepted by other maritime workers.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19513, 16 February 1926, Page 7
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193ON THE AIR Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19513, 16 February 1926, Page 7
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