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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 26, 1925
Page
10
Reports from Sydney and Capetown detail shipyard unrest with seamen demanding eight hourly days, partial reprieves, and overtime pay. Durban’s Strike Committee seeks conciliation while negotiations include wage terms, fines, and union access.
Sydney talks among seamen workers and shipowners, including British Seamen and Waterside Workers Executive, resume with demands for wage restoration and anti victimisation. Seamen agree to return to ships under renewed terms while rail transport aid and public support mount.
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