Waterfront Strike ?ikely
\n Australian->\ ide strike by watersiders is possible within the uext i'ortnight, following dissatisf action with the action of shipowners who recently obtained an injunction in the High C«urt restraining the Stevedoring Industry Comn'.ission fiom granting holidays with pay. This was intensified .luring the week-end when a 25 per cent. cut in •'.pnearance money" was ordered by J.e Commission. Vr. allowance of 10s. to have heen paid from January 2 to watersiders who attended piek-up certres. but hiiled to g'et pobs was reduced to 12s. This and the question oi holidays with rnv will be discussed at a speciai .iceting of the national council of the i.nion 011 January 13. The council has already heen g-iven authority by the branches to call a general strike u the holiday issue. 4
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5295, 7 January 1947, Page 5
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133Waterfront Strike ?ikely Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5295, 7 January 1947, Page 5
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