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SHIPOWNERS’ ULTIMATUM. OVERTIME STRIKE IN AUSTRALIA. DIVIDED OPINION. [By Cable —Press Assn. — Copyright.) (Received 26, 9.55 a.in.) Sydney, Nov. 26. Tile shipowners’ ultimatum had a bombshell effect among the strikers. Opinion is divided among the men as to whether they will continue the strike in view of the employers’ firm attitude, but it is stated in well-in-formed circles that if the committee of management of the watei'siders decided to .continue a general upheaval in the maritime industry is likely. A JOINT LETTER. POSITION HAS BECOME INTOLERABLE. Melbourne, Nov. 25. The latest phase of the watersiders’ strike is that the Overseas Shipping Representatives' and Commonwealth Steamship Owners’ Association, in a joint letter to the General Waterside Workers’ Federation, officially notify the federation that from eight o’clock on Wednesday morning next work will be offered to members of the federation only on condition all the conditions of the awards and agreements are observed. The letter sets out how the shipping industry is hampered and damaged by members of the federation constantly failing to observe arbitration and other awards and agreements. It says the position hnj, become intolerable, and the shipping •industry can no longer be carried on under such impossible conditions, and therefore, from Wednesday next, as a condition of employment all practices that conflict with awards and agreements must cease. The letter specially points out that members of the federation refused to work overtime in spite of the fact that the Court laid down that such work was essential to the industry and provision is made for it in the award. The Watei'siders’ Federation re gards the shipowners’ ukase as a declaration of war, and states that if will refuse to acceded to it until either the Court or the shipowners agree to consider the claims of the federation. The management comittee of the federation is discussing the further policy to be adopted in view of the shipowners’ decision. A section of the committee favours the intensification of tho dispute by declaring vessels “black.” CARGO LEFT BEHIND. (Received 26, 12 noon). Sydney, Nov. 25. The overtime strike is causing delay in the departure of a number of steamers, and others are leaving short loaded. The Ulimarqa had to leave part of her cargo behind.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 26 November 1927, Page 5
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375A BOMBSHELL Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 26 November 1927, Page 5
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