OVERTIME AGAIN.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18233, 18 November 1924, Page 9

OVERTIME AGAIN.

STRIKE ENDED IN SYDNEY. DECISION OF UNION. (BY CABLE—passs association—coptrtght) (AUSTRALIAN AND K.2. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received November ISth. 1.20 a.m.) 1 - SYDNEY, November 17. ' The overtime strike, so far :is it ' affects Sydney, has ended. The Sccre- ' tarv of the Sea Transport Group of unions announced that advice had been received from the Council of the Waterside Workers' Federation iu Melbourne, stating that it had been decided, in deference to the order of Mr Justice Powers, to resume overtime with companies employing union labour. This means that the ban is lifted from inter-State steamers, but not from oversea steamers. It was too late for officials to in- ; struct members to work overtime to- , night, but it will be resumed on Tues- ; day. [ The overseas companies work inde- > pendently of tho Watersiders' . tion, the members of which are only . employed by them when bureau men , are short. [ The difficulty with overseas steamers , in other ports remains unsolved, as Sydney is the only port possessing a , bureau. i The position regarding the Ferndale t and the Moreton Bay is unchanged. ' CLAN MONROE HELD UP. » MORE TROUBLE AT FREMANTLE. fAUSTBALIAH ASD N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) PERTH, November 17. The steamer Clan Monroe' has arrived off Fremantle, but because the Sea--1 men's Union carried into effect the threat not to man the pilot, quaran- ' tine, or tug boats, tho vessel was un- ' able to enter the harbour, and anchor- ' ed in the roads. The Clan Monroo's case is similar : to that of the Yolumnia, on which the ■ crew refused to work unless paid Aus--1 tralia.ii rate's of pay. ( GAINING NEW MEMBERS, . THE WATERSIDERS' UNION. (AUSTRALIAN AND JT.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) SYDNEY, November 17. 5 At a mass meeting, held under the > auspices of tho Returned Soldiers' and Sailors' organisation and the Watersiders' Union, casual workers decided unanimously to . join the union, in order to present a-united, front in the fight for that preference on the waterfront which waa.given thorn, by ' -law. The secretary reported that the membership of the union had increased fourfold during the past three weeks.