WATERSIDERS REFUSE WORK
BISMISSAL OF SYDNEY MEN Rccoivod Tuesdav 8.15 p.m. Sv'DNxFV', May 7. Morc tliau 1(500 vv:Fersiders i h\ refuscd to acc.ppt work uecause !' ' Iie disimle ("oii'criiiiig dni-Je dun pc«J wool, as a rcsult of vvlti"n 100 wai c-rsiders' were dismissyd vesterdav. Today the men said that" they would refuse woriv unless the men involved in the refif.sat to hnndle wool were rostered on to other jobs. Of sixteen ships aifected, seven are entirely without lab'our. The dispute has extended to Newcasile where the men have refused to load dcvuble dumped wool into the Alleghany Victory. -\t Newcastle more tlian 200,()00 doubie dumped bales are held in storage. The Btevedoring Inl''?' ry Conimission, on whieh the Waterside Workers' Federation has representation, decidecl on Friday tliat the handling -of doubie dumped ba'ies would continue. The watersiders w.nit a definite date fixecl for the abandonment of doubie dumping. If the dispute is prolonged a general immobilisation of shipping is inevitable. 0
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 May 1946, Page 5
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