OVERTIME STRIKE.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19164, 22 November 1927, Page 11

OVERTIME STRIKE.

t ) TROUBLE AT AUSTRALIAN PORTS. (BT CABLK—PRBSS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT.) 1 (AUSTRALIAN AJfD N.Z CABLE ASSOCIATION.) MELBOURNE, November 21. I The Management Committee of the [ Waterside Workers' Federation has de- ■ eided to begin another overtime strike on the wharves at all ports in Austra- ' lia. The decision, which was the rei suit oil a conference between the Federation and the Oversea Kepresonta- , tive Association to discuss the new claims of the watersiders, will apply to . oversea ships only, and will take effect ' to-day, the men refusing to work after . five o'clock this afternoon. I All oversea ships will be affected, in- '. eluding those under foreign register, J and a considerable delay in the shipt ment of cargoes will result. No decision has so far been reached i by the Federation in regard to interState shipping, but should these vessels , also be included it will be necessary . for the Federation to obtain the support of the Seamen's Union and other , organisations on the waterfront. ► As wool shipping is now at its height, i shippers will be greatly affected. STRIKE BEGINS. i (Received November 21st, 11.20 p.m.) SYDNEY, November 21. The waterside workers' overtime strike started from five o'clock to-day at all ports in Australia, excepting those in Queensland. Mr Seale, secretary of the Waterside Workers' Federation, says action will be taken against all vessels, both interState and overseas. Both sides w.ll suffer severely, the watersiders through no longer receiving their overtime pay, which is 4s 3d an hour, as against 2s lid for ordinary hours, and the shipowners through the delay occasioned by the stoppage of overtime work, where the handling of important cargoes is involved. The strike is likely to have a specially serious effect upon loading and geTiting wool ships away. OWNERS CONFERRING. (Received November 22nd, 1.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, November 21. Representatives of shipowners from the other States reach Melbourne tomorrow to confer regarding countermeasures to the waterside workers' overtime strike.