Employers' Firm Stand Against Constantly Recurring Strikes Wellington, Mar. 2, The waterfront dispute, which arose from the refusal of the. Waterside Federation to allow the shipping companies to employ nonunion ex-Service men, has entered a serious stage.
Declaring that work cannot carried on in the face of constantly. recurring strikes, the employers. have decided that no further calls for labour will be made until the unions concerned give a satis factory undertaking that all vessels will be worked under the terms of he current award, Practically all vessels in port are Mar. 3.
In reply to the employers' ultlimadam of yesterday, demanding. that the unions concerned should zive a satisfactory undertaking that, all vessels would be worked under the terms of the current awand, the Wellington Waterside Worker Union has resolved not to give the guarantee required, declaring their [determination to fight the employers to the bitter end. The Union has asked the Waterside Federation to seek financial tance in New Zealand and Austr Meanwhile, work inthe port Lord practically ata standstill Reuter.
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