THREAT OF PRESSURE
The threat of nressure by Amer-U can trade unionists may make thrBritish dockers more intr-actab'l and lead them ro feel that they have a new grievance against thei lea'ders. ' The union leaders had anothe sethack today when they unsucc&asfully tried to persuade thr dockers at Liveroool and Avonmouth to return to work. Naval and air force men are be-* ing drafted to Avonmouth to .ioin the soldiers who have been employed there since last Friday, dis charging perislwtFe' cargoes. The dockers maintained their refusal tq restart without an assuranee that none would be asked to work on a Canadian ship manned by a Seafarers' Internationai Union crew.
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Chronicle (Levin), 2 June 1949, Page 5
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110THREAT OF PRESSURE Chronicle (Levin), 2 June 1949, Page 5
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