WORK AND WAGES

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 8 May 1928, Page 3

WORK AND WAGES

THE COOKS’ DISPUTE. (Per Press Association —Copyright) MELBOI'IINE. May 7. At a special meeting of the Commonwealth Steamship Owners’ Association, a letter was received from the General Secretary of the Marine Cooks’ Cniini, of Sydney, asking lor a Conference to make an agreement to replace the award which bad justbeen cancelled. The Owners’ Association decided to ,-wivise the I nion that no Conference r or.ld be granted while direct action v as persisted in, and that the owners bad decided to give the Union till Wednesday next to mann all vessels v. here required, otherwise the oanets will take whatever steps they consider necessary. Officials of the Australian Council of the Trades Unions are endeavouring to open negotiations with the steamship owners for a settlement of the dispute.