SHIPPING PROBLEMS
AMERICAN PACIFIC COAST Received Feb. 11, 10.35 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11. Refusal of seamen to accept continuous discharge books, which is compulsory under the Copeland Act, prevented the American-Hawaiian freighter Columbian’s departure. The crews of several other ships are reported as being unwilling to accept. It is expected that increased wages as a result of the shipping strike will cause an increase of about 25 per cent, in the freight rates of intercoastal ships on the west coast. Teamsters threatened to tie up the Matson Line ships when the line refused to grant access to the piers to union organisers. Trouble was averted when the union postponed the picketers’ request for a federation investigation.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 36, 12 February 1937, Page 7
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117SHIPPING PROBLEMS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 36, 12 February 1937, Page 7
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