DUBLIN MEN SAY " NO " TO CONTAINERS
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nUBLIN'S cross-channel dockers, by
an overwhelming majority, have rejected the recommendation of the Labour Court that they should handle container traffic for an experimental period of one year.
This decision was taken against the advice of union officials that the plan should be given a trial, and in face of the recent statement by the Dublin Port and Docks Board that the attitude of the dockers is causing a serious loss of trade to the port.
For two years the dockers have refused to handle containers on the ground that this traffic would cause heavy loss of employment in their ranks. They insist that they must have guarantees as to future employment, but the employers say this is impossible.
The Labour Court arc being asked to consider the position again.
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