Fishermen Refer Dispute To F.O.L.
(New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, June 8. The Napier fishing dispute would be referred to the Federation of Labour, the president of the New Zealand Seamen’s Union (Mr Martin) said today.
The union decided to take this action after the cancellation of a meeting in Wellington today between representatives of the Commercial Fishing Boat-owners’ Association and the owners of the Wel-lington-based Coromel, the Napier-based Taiaroa, and other cod-fishing vessels. “The boat-owners refused to meet us,” Mr Martin said.
The parties had agreed in Napier to a meeting in Wellington convened by the Department of Labour.
The Secretary of Labour (Mr H. Parsonage) said the boat-owners later declined to attend because of "circumstances which had arisen after the Napier meeting." The dispute began on March 25 when the crew of the Taiaroa demanded better pay and working conditions. The owner called the demands “completely unrealistic.”
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19660609.2.19
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31081, 9 June 1966, Page 1
Word count
Tapeke kupu
149Fishermen Refer Dispute To F.O.L. Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31081, 9 June 1966, Page 1
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
Ngā mihi
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in