A “BLACK SHIP
HOKIANGA DISPUTE
(By Telegraphy-Press Association).
AUCKLAND, Aug. 17
Owing ,to the --dispute- between the Seamen’s Union and A. G. Frankham Ltd., owners of the auxiliary schooner •Hokianga,” the schooner has been declared black, and members of the Union are now debarred from signing on the vessel.
,v The Hokianga carries a 'Wew of eight, including two. able seamen and one ordinary' seaman.
- The dispute is due to the fact that A. G. Frankham, Ltd. are not members of the'-Shipowners’ Federation, and the Company will not work three seamen on the Hokiangh in accordance with the agreement made by the Shipowners? Federation and the Seamen’s Union. The latter is not registered under the Arbitration Act and' the Union cannot cite Frankham’s to become a party to the agreement. Non-union labour has been engaged to fill tile seamen’s positions on the Hokianga.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 August 1929, Page 6
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143A “BLACK SHIP Hokitika Guardian, 19 August 1929, Page 6
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