HALF AUCKLAND'S WATERSIDERS IDLE
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AUCKLAND, Juiy 5. Now in force fdl' 10 working days, the Waterfront Iiidustr.y Cqffiiiiissibn 'S jiolicy of labour preference -i'or the idle ivhfeat ship Mountpark, has resultfed in hnemployment for nearly half the feffective strength of tne .• Auckland Waterside Workers7 Union. Only six ships, three of them overseas loading vessels, are working to capacity. Five overseas ships and four intfer-colopial coastal vessels have a very limited nuiUber of men assigned for priority cargo work. -Onfe 'dvefsfeas shij}, .thfe Mountpark, and eight coastfers are' conlpletely idle. Nb "priority has yfet beeii granted the Union Company7s ivai-itane ■ wliifeh arrived on Sundav iiiglit fi'om Timaru with a part cargo of abojit 15,000 saeks of southern pot'atoes. After this morning 7s 1'abour feallj (391 inen remained without work. A further 81 accepted work on the Mountpark and wero, dismissed 011 a tliree days7 penalty for refusing to lift her hatches. Anothfer 10 wefe plaeed bh pfefialty f'df
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 July 1948, Page 5
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170HALF AUCKLAND'S WATERSIDERS IDLE Chronicle (Levin), 6 July 1948, Page 5
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