Experimental Scheme For Handling Cargo
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AUCKLAND, June 2. IJndor a cost-plus eontract with the Tasman Bhipping (^ompany to unload the Island cargo of the motor vessel i'iti purchased by the company from the Fiji Government, the Auckland Waterside Workers' Union is supervis--ing its own labour — a miniature experiment in polify advocated by the, New Zealand Union for nearly a quarter of a century. This iS tlie first. instancc, except an isolated case iiiany years ago, of watersiders direotly contracting to haridle a ship 's cargo. The owners of the Viti are "extremely pleased" with tlie experiment. iTlie union maiutains that the systeni, on .a broad scalc, would - eliininatc labour troubles. The Viti is' llo be'converted fpr the Tasman trade.
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 June 1948, Page 6
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123Experimental Scheme For Handling Cargo Chronicle (Levin), 3 June 1948, Page 6
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