Dublin Dockers Accept Containers at Last
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nUBLIN'S force of dockers voted last week in favour of the Labour Court's proposals for ending their ban on container traffic through the port. If the employers accept the recommendations it will mean the end of the six-year-old dispute.
The court had recommended that the dockers should handle all types of containers and other modern appliances, and co-operate in the adoption of up-to-date methods and techniques. To meet the dockers' objections it was recommended that the Dublin Crosschannel Shipping Association should pay £1 Is. to each " buttonman " docker who was available for work but who failed to secure employment It was also recommended that the weekly earnings of each "A" " and " B " buttonman who averaged at least four days' employment a week for a year should be supplemented to bring them up to £12 12s. a week.