LABOUR UPHEAVAL

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1977, 6 February 1914, Page 7

LABOUR UPHEAVAL

SHIPPING DISORGANISED, EMPLOYERS STANDING FIRM. INSIST ON ARBITRATION. OVERTIME ON . WATERFRONT; By HalezraDli— Pjmss Aoioolation—CoDrrtjh) Melbourne, February 5. Tho Waterside AVorkers' Federation has issued instructions to branches that from Mondny next no overtime shall bo worked by any member, and that the hours aro to" bo from 8 o'clock in tlio morning till 5 o'clock at night and noon on Saturday. Shipping was disorganised yesterday owing to the wharf men attending stopwork meetings. Tlio Employers' Federation passed a resolution commending the shipowners' stand against tlio exorbitant demands of tho waterside workers, and insisting that tlio dispute must be submitted to the Arbitration Court. It is stated that there is a general feeling abroad that the limit in tlieso matters has been reached, and that if tho men insist on having an upheaval they may as well have a large one, and as early as possible. STOP-WORK MEETINGS. NEWCASTLE MEN WILL JOIN IN THE FIGHT ; Sydney, February 5. A stop-work meeting of Newcastlo wharf men decided tojoin in tho fight against working overtime and not to work after 5 o'clock -in tlio evening. AT BRISBANE. WORK TO BE STOPPED ON FRIDAY. Brisbane/ February 5. The Federated Waterside AVorkers' Union has ordered- a stop-work meeting for Friday afternoon next to consider the Question of not working overtime and dtlier matters at issuo with tho shipowners. ROCK.CHOPPERS' STRIKE. SIX-HOUR DAY DEMANDED. - Sydney, February S. A section of tho rock-choppers at the sower mines who havo been engaged on public works' have struck for a six /lours' day. Tho empTdyers firmly refuse to vary tho existing working award. It is expected that the trouble will spread to all tho works.