WATERSIDE TROUBLE AT NAPIER

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 112, 9 February 1928, Page 12

WATERSIDE TROUBLE AT NAPIER

» EMPLOYERS STANDING FIRM

BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION. Napier, February 8. The trouble on the Napier waterfront culminated this morning in a stopwork meeting which decided that all work must cease until the employers agree to the men’s terms. It started with the men unloading coal from the Kaitangata on Sunday, but the trouble appeared to have been overcome when work was Resumed on Monday. However, from the Kaitangata it shifted to the Northumberland loading wool in the roadstead. Men engaged on one of the lighter’s barges were told they would not be required, the following flay as other plant was going to be employed for the work. Yesterday morning the men reported once more for duty, having refused to take the notice. The men wanted to be reinstated but the employers declined to go back on the previous right’s decision. Accordingly a stopwork, meeting was held this morning, which was responsible for the trouble ‘embracing the Kaitangata again the men deciding to hold up all work until the men are reinstated on the barge. It is stated that the employers are determined to maintain the attitude originally taken. Rather than have the Northumberland held up indefinitely the agents decided this afternoon to send her to the next pbrt, Wellington, and she sailed this evening, leaving behind some 2500 bales of wool.