UNIONISTS AND NONUNIONISTS.
TROUBLE AT DUNEDIN. By Telegraph —Press Association. DUNEDIN, January 4. Some sixty members of the Waterside Workers' Union engaged to work the cargo on the steamer Victoria when she arrived early this morning refused to work unless some non-members of the Union (seven or eight in number), who had also been engaged, were put off. The men were engaged in the ordinary way on Saturday and the fact that some were non-unionists was not known until this morning, the men having stated thei: 1 intention not to work except upon dismissa*. of non-unionists. It was thought advisable, a delay in the departure of the steamer being a serious matter, to give way to them.
Three or four of the non-unionists expressed their willingness to join the Union, and were allowed to work. The rest were dismissed.
It was arranged between the two parties that members of the Union should be provided with badges to enable employers to distinguish them from non-unionists, but the badges will not be available for a week or two yet.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3084, 5 January 1909, Page 5
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177UNIONISTS AND NONUNIONISTS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3084, 5 January 1909, Page 5
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