OVERTIME STRIKE

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 23 November 1927, Page 5

OVERTIME STRIKE

OVERSEAS VESSELS DELAYED THREE DISPUTES INVOLVED. FIRMS COMPELLED TO LIMIT CARGO SPACE. [By Cable — Frees Assn. — Copyright.) (Received 23. 10.55 a.m.) Sydney, November 23. Ag • result of the overtime strik, several oversea steamers are delayed at Sydney, and in the inter-State trade a number of firms are compelled to limit the space allotted to cargo (Received 23. 10.30 a.m.) Melbourne, November 23. The Waterside Workers’ Federation claims there are now three disputes involved in the overtime strike Exception has been taken because Judge Beeby refused to hear the claims of the Federation. The second dispute has arisen owing to the demands of the Tasmanian members that they are entitled to work .loading and unloading cargo at cer-' tain ports, which have not been acceded to, and another dispute has arisen in West Australia between the Federation and the Australian Workers’ Union, because it is claimed that the members of the Austialian Workers’ Union are performing work which belongs to the Watersiders’ Federation. MALOJA AT FREMANTLE. Fremantle, November 23. The Maloja arrived from London. The wharf labourers unloaded the mails, but refused to work cargo after 5 p.m., resulting in a delay of several hours in the vessel’s departure for the Eastern States.