SHORE WORKERS REFUSE OVERTIME; MEN ON SHIP HOLD STOPWORK MEETING
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By Telegtaph-
WELLINGTON, April 22, _ Two suddeii movfe's affe'cting the Wang&nella. repair eofltractOrs, WilliSm Gable and Company, Ltd.,- have occurred siftde the gpecial ClairhB ti-ibunal sat yestefday, JBetwfien 60 ahd 70 shore w'ofher'g rhfhsed overtime on the Wangdnella last evehihg after being addfessed by unioh TepresentattveS. AbOtit 120 of Cable's workers, including the- men oh ihe ship repairs, atfended a stopwork meeting m the Trades Hall this- morfiirig and the Wan^anella was again ' In .n either instarice was the company warned regafding the action beihg taken. . 1 ' Until last evehing,- especially after the men had acceptqd overtime on the ship diirihg the weekend, good progress had been made ahd- there wef e hopes that the ship wotild be . traiisf erred to Clyde Quay early flext week, there to await materials from overseas and major repair work, thus treeihg the dock for other shippirig. , T« . The secretary of the Wellington Boilermakers Umon, who is also a member of the tribunal, Mr. P. E. Warher, declined after the stopwork meeting to say what the nutcome was, but said he thought it likely that-Cable and Company would have something to say on the matter.
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 April 1947, Page 5
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