ASKED TO RESIGN
SECRETARY OF UMON. ‘— SEQUIL 'ro lIAMIN’I I'l'llll. DECISION TO BE IGNORED. United Press Mam—lilac. Tel. Covrfllhk SYDNEY. May 28. The members or the Seamen‘a Union at a mass meeting yesterday carried a resolution 0! no confidence in the seneral secretary. Sir J. Keenan. who led Ihe recent shipping strike. and called upon him to resin. The resolution expressed the opinion that his presence in Melbourne. where he tried to reorganise the members and to prevent the registration of the volunteer seamen‘s union, was “more of a hindrance than an asset to our union." The former general secretary. Mr Jacob Johnson. told the meeting he had definite information that without Mr Keenan at least 75 per cent of the seamen could look forward to better treatment from the shipowners. A message from Melbourne states that Mr Keenan has declared his in—tention of ignoring the Sydney union's decision calling on him to resign, as the meeting was not a representative one.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 18898, 29 May 1936, Page 8
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162ASKED TO RESIGN Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 18898, 29 May 1936, Page 8
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