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Port

Strike commenced

Work

resumed

Maxi- mum No. of men

involved

ships involved

ships

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

NORTH SHIELDS 20th Sept., 1948

20th Sept., 1948

54

1

1

LONDON

24th Sept., 1948

25th Sept., 1948

76

NEWPORT

2nd Oct., 1948

2nd Oct., 1948

32

1

1

GLASGOW

6th Oct., 1948

6th Oct., 1948

426

5

5

LONDON

2nd Nov., 1948

4th Nov., 1948

442

3

6

PORT TALBOT

4th Nov., 1948

ONDON

8th Nov., 1948

4th Nov., 1948 9th Nov., 1948

90

3

3

116

1

1

GLASGOW

LIVERPOOL

10th Nov., 1948

11th Nov., 1948

98

1

1

13th Nov., 1948

13th Nov., 1948

?

4

4

LONDON

18th Nov., 1948

18th Nov., 1948

10

KING'S LYNN ...

19th Nov., 1948

19th Nov., 1948

13

?

LONDON

26th Nov., 1948

26th Nov., 1948

43

1

1

SOUTHAMPTON ...

26th Nov., 1948

4th Dec., 1948

All men

All ships

normally

worked

required

during

Maximum No. of

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Opera- ting days lost by

Cause of dispute

(7)

Withdrawal of crane from job thereby affecting men's earnings. Transference of P.L.A. clerks to cargo tallying.

Rate for bagging 600 tons

of coal.

Paying off of 3 men who

refused to work late.

66

Allocation of work.

Employment of "Staca- truc" machine and elimi- nation of quay gang. Payment of" dirty money." Strike of tugmen.

Rate for the handling of

flour.

Men's claim to work vessel instead of working in propyards.

Presence of a watchman in

ship's hold.

Piece-work earnings for the

discharge of bagged mails.

Introduction of Staca-

truc."

to work

normal

overtime

hours

396

KING'S LYNN

29th Nov., 1948

CARDIFF GLASGOW

LONDON

29th Nov., 1948 29th Nov., 1948

30th Nov., 1948

29th Nov., 1948

29th Nov., 1948 29th Nov., 1948

218

?

money."

56

1

1

279

?

30th Nov., 1948

108

?

LONDON

30th Nov., 1948

3rd Dec., 1948

78

2

6

(Lighterage)

GLASGOW

LONDON

...

7th Dec., 1948 11th Dec., 1948

7th Dec., 1948 13th Dec., 1948

138

?

•

76

?

AYR

KING'S LYNN LONDON

GLASGOW

...

18th Dec., 1948

20th Dec., 1948

27

1

1

...

:

22nd Dec., 1948 31st Dec., 1948

5th Jan., 1949

23rd Dec., 1948 1st Jan., 1949

6th Jan., 1949

wy

50

?

36

1

1

852

6

1

NEWPORT AVONMOUTH

LONDON

12th Jan., 1949 21st Jan., 1949

7th Feb., 1949

12th Jan., 1949

30

22nd Jan., 1949

?

11

1

1

11th Feb., 1949

2,154

7

28

DAGENHAM

MIDDLESBROUGH

MIDDLESBROUGH 22nd Feb., 1949

(Dock)

7th Feb., 1949

15th Feb., 1949

14th Feb., 1949

48

...

16th Feb., 1949

?

1

1

4th Apr., 1949

397**

4 for 2 days 3 for 4 days 2 for 6 days

32

ROCHESTER

3rd Mar., 1949 10th Mar., 1949

158

3

18

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Payment of "Waiting time

Manning of vessels.

Allocation

vessels.

Question of extra payment for handling of a dirty cargo.

Dismissal of 2 men during

slack period.

Right to choose work.

Return to Reserve Pool of 2

men who had refused allocation.

Claim for increase of dis-

charge rates.

Dispute in propyards.

Placing of "cargo watchers"

in the holds.

Refusal of men to transfer

to Greenock unless

guaranteed return

of

books at 5 p.m. Method of loading coal. Disciplinary action against

a locomotive man.

Removal of crane-driver from crane driving duties

to gang work.

Transfer of coal trimmers

to wharf work.

Manning scale for trans-

porter cranes.

Refusal of men to accept

award concerning time of attendance at Call Stands. Non-representation of

Watermen, Lightermen, Page Fame and Bargemen's

Union on Local Board of National Dock Labour Board.

of men to

10

Port

(1)