IS IT SETTLEMENT?
THE SEAMEN'S CONFERENCE ENDS,
COMPACT MADE. SUMMARY OF THE AGREEMENT. 011 very good authority it is understood that the trouble between tho sermon and the employers is practically over. The breach has been healed (under terms an out-lino of. which appears below) and any day now—possibly today—may see a general movo of the sailors to work. .The conference between the seamen's representatives and the employers has been sitting for six days beliind closed doors and tho announcement of the decision which has been practically arrived at is naturally awaited with interest by secretaries of Federation unions, striko committees, and strikers, who up to the present have been kept in tho dark. The conference concluded yesterday afternoon. On inquiries being mado by a Dominion -reporter it w-as ascertained that>there was nothing for publication, but an official announcement is expected to-day. From what can bo ascertained it appears that the 'shipowners havo accepted the seamen's delegates' terms with certain important amendments. It is also understood that tho seamen's representatives expressed a desire to communicate with their unions before any definite announcement was made. The delegates, 'however, have signified their willingness to end the conference satisfactorily to both parties, and it is anticipated that their unions Will accept tho decision which .has been roachcd. Arbitration Provided For. The agreement under which tho seamen were working when they left their ship 3 was to have terminated next February. Although full details are not available, it is understood that the present agreement is a facsimile of the old one, tho only material difference being that a provision has been made to register under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act. It is also stated that tho term of the new agreement is for thrco years. It is evident enough that seamen at southern ports fully expected an announcement that a settlement had been arrived at yesterday. An officer employed on a vessel whoso crow reluctantly gavo twenty-four hours' notice at a southern port received' a telegram from tlio men, asking him if they would leave Lyttclton last night for Wellington. They wero under the impression that the delegates had decided that work should bo resumed, and the idea was to got back to their old positions at once.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1935, 18 December 1913, Page 6
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375IS IT SETTLEMENT? Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1935, 18 December 1913, Page 6
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