SHIP STRIKE.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 May 1921, Page 5

SHIP STRIKE.

HOLD-UP IN AMERICA. PACIFIC COAST INVOLVED. LESS WAGES REFUSED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. New York, May 2. Refusing to permit a reduction in wages approximating 20 per cent and a in working conditions, the marine workers and affiliated American unions have declared a strike, which is expected to affect 100,000 seamen, 2'3,000 engineers, 33,000 firemen, oilers, cooks and stewards, tying up 13 million tons of American shipping on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

The negotiations between the unions and the American Steamships Owners’ Association involved a conference between the Secretary for Labor, Mr. Wilson and President Harding, but no settlement was reached.

The Union leaders claim that shipping will lose a million dollars daily during the course of the strike. The number of vessels tied up has not yet been determined, but it is reported men are leaving every American boat as it docks in the United States. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. New York, May 2. According to the union officials, the shipping strike, will be extended to foreign registry vessels. Officials have declared all foreign merchantmen recruiting crews in the United States will be forced to adopt American wages and working conditions. The first vessel affected is the British steamer Ulua, whose crew deserted.