Australian Watersiders Will Repudiate Judge’s New Award
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Reed. 9.35 a.m. Seventy-eight delegates, representative of all branches of the Australian Waterside Federation, in special conference, agreed almost unanimously to repudiate entirely Judge Beehj’s new award, which they described as pernicious and vicious. It decided further that the watersiders should withdraw from the Arbitration Court, and adopt the princii pie of direct negotiation with the employers and the utilisation oi their
MELBOURNE, To-uay. economic powers for the enforcement of demands. Particular objection was directed at the clause in the award which insists that members of the federation should in the majority of ports seek work for the whole period of eight hours daily, whereas the custom has been to offer for engagement an average of only two hours daily. The delegates decided to seek a conference with the shipowners upon the subject of wages and conditions generally.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 454, 8 September 1928, Page 9
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149Australian Watersiders Will Repudiate Judge’s New Award Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 454, 8 September 1928, Page 9
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