MASTERS AND MATES.
WILL REFUSE TO WORK WITH FREE LABOUR. "At tbe present jiiiictui'e the shipowners have seen fit to pay off the masters and officers, and if free labour becomes available they wilt want them (the masters and mates) immediately to work ships in combination with free labour. This we absolutely refuse to, do, nor can we reasonably., be expected to do it," declared "Captain D. J. Watson, secretary of the*"Merchant Service Guild yesterday. % A formal resolution, the terms of which are as follow, has been sent to the shipping companies by the Guild
"That as certain shipowners have decided tq pay off the masters and officers at the present juncture, they cannot reasonably expect the masters and officers to work -their vessels with free labour, should it become available. An agreement of somo significance in the present, condition of affairs has been consummated by the, Merckant. Sei*vice Guild on the, one hand, and ; the. jjlarine .Engineers : (New .Zealand branch only), so far as New Zealand is concerned. These bodies have decided by agreement to "support each other in any industrial matter.".
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 4 November 1913, Page 5
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183MASTERS AND MATES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 4 November 1913, Page 5
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