THE WHARF LABOURERS' DECISION.
TO RESUME WORK. . Received December 12, 5.15 p.m. SYDNEY, December 12. The meeting of the Wharf Labourers1 Union decided by a large majority tc abide by the decision of the Strike Congress to resume work until directed tc stop. Mr Hughes, in a strong speech, said that if they rejected the policy of the Congress they would bring about not only their own defeat, but social disaster. In the late tramway strike the union had been led away by the damnably pernicious doctrines of the Industrial Workers of the World. That organisation was the curse of the country. They were face to face with a gigantic struggle. They did not want a general strike, which would bring about violence and bloodshed. The arrest of the leaders was a hideous.blunder, and the introduction of free labour would lead to riots.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12392, 13 December 1909, Page 5
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143THE WHARF LABOURERS' DECISION. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12392, 13 December 1909, Page 5
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