More Unions Oppose Queensland Strike Continuance

Grey River Argus, 27 March 1948, Page 5

More Unions Oppose Queensland Strike Continuance

BRISBANE, March 25.

in the eighth week of the Queensland strike, the railwaymen are still showing a united front, but more unionists are rebelling against support of their Communist leaders. Following the return to work of 3,000 coal miners yesterday and the abandonment of the proposal for a nation-wide coal strike, the Brisbane postal workers declared against support o 1 the strike. The Brist.tne members of the Building Workers Industrial Union protested against the strike. The dockers and ironworkers at Newcastle have refused to strike in support of the Queenslanders. The Lithgow members of the Australian. Society of Engineers declared nocondence in their district president for his recent support of the sympathy strike. In Brisbane, the strike is no longer causing great inconvemence to travellers, as the trams have not ceased running since the strike began and suburban trains are adequate for workers’ needs. Yesterday, 459 trains ran in the State, compared with 414 on the previous day. Country people are still bearing the brunt of the suffering because of the skeleton train services to the outback. A line of £lO, in default a month’s imprisonment, was imposed on each of six men who took part in an unauthorised procession on Friday. Among those convicted were James Healy, Edward Conrad Englart, and the Waterside Workers’ Federation.