WATERSIDERS STILL PRESSING THEIR CLAIMS

Chronicle (Levin), 11 February 1947, Page 3

WATERSIDERS STILL PRESSING THEIR CLAIMS

— , - Press Association

By Telegrapn-

U ARLINGTON, Feb. 10. _ Tlie Nut ioiiuJ h.Necutiv c of Ihe aterside \\ orkers ' 1 Uion iv ill meel in \\ ellinglon tonionow to docide tlie [lolicy by whicli it -will press furtber liie t our cJuims Jct't un.scttied ul'ter tlie rucent dispute on ihe wlmrves. Ilu'se lour tlennuids are i'or satisJaction on tlie guaranleed wago ipiestion, increase in wages, abobtion oJ >Sal urday morning engagcments, and bcttei- facilities on tlie wiiarves. 'i'lie ciauns ga\ e rise to tlie Doiuiiiiou-wide policy on the part of tlie waterside u orners of refusal to work more than 10 liours a week between eight in Ihe . nioi-ning and live in the aflernooji. Tlie guaranteed wage 'is^ue was vc considered, but unavailingly, by tlie Waterfront 'Industry Conmiission before it adjourned indeiinitely! Since tlien the yoinmission ;has submitted to tlie Government a report whicli i.s believed to have made it cleur thal in its present form tlie comeiis.^ion cannot hope to regain its nriginal authority to govern conditions of work on tlie waterfront. The national secretary of the union, Vlr. T. llill, was in Lyttelton on Friday, and a(ldressed a sjo-p-ivork meeting which laste'd nearly four hours. A resolutiou was carried, the efl'ect of which w;as to leave it to the national executive to dccide what steps tlie union should take to get satisfaction.