AUCKLAND WATERFRONT.
' -e— . V" THOUSAND MEN IDLE. (By Telograph.—Press Association.) Auckland, February 25. . The state of affairs liow availing on the waterfront with reganl to labour is distinctly unsettled., Mr. "Woods, president' of the Waterside Union, statod to-day tliat, at present, there were at least'looo men seeking work on the wharves.; mid'unable to obtain it. Of theso about 500 were members of his union, and the rest were not, while some-500 men were at work on tbe wharves.-. The condition of wliarf labour, Mr. Woods stated, indicated to a.great, extent tho state of the labour market as a whole. When work was scarce men were used to falling hack upon wharf labour as a means of tiding over a time of stress. In tho past the Waterside Workers' Union bad liad no power, to limit the number of its membership, and when little other work was offering the wharves became the casual labour dumping ground. Mr. Woods thought that the numerous applications for work which he was receiving at present were directly due to tho bad conditions prevailing in tho labour market- • '
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1993, 26 February 1914, Page 5
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182AUCKLAND WATERFRONT. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1993, 26 February 1914, Page 5
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