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Domestic News
July 26, 1887
The Sun
New York, New York County, New York
What is this article about?
Longshoremen in a port city demanded 60 cents per hour for night work starting yesterday, up from 45 cents, leading to no night unloading on steamship piers including for the City of Para and Germanic, with plans to use extra daytime labor instead.
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NO 'LONGSHORE WORK AT NIGHT
First Result of the Men's Demand for the Old Rate of Sixty Cents an Hour.
The 'longshoremen put into operation yesterday their demand for sixty cents an hour for work done on any steamship pier at night. The demand had been decided on at a convention on Sunday before last, and the date set was July 25. Committees notified the steamship companies last week.
The longshoremen worked all day yesterday at thirty cents an hour, the regular rate. In the afternoon a committee of the men employed at each pier called, and said that they would not work at night except at the rate of sixty cents an hour instead of forty-five. The agents said that there would be no work done at night then, at least for the present.
It was expected that the City of Para, at the Pacific Mail Steamship pier, would have to be unloaded by night work, and that the White Star steamer Germanic, billed to sail on Wednesday, would also require night work, but the pier superintendents told the committee that they would try and get along with extra men at day work.
No night work was done last night at any pier. Sixty cents was the rate for night work before the sympathetic strike.
First Result of the Men's Demand for the Old Rate of Sixty Cents an Hour.
The 'longshoremen put into operation yesterday their demand for sixty cents an hour for work done on any steamship pier at night. The demand had been decided on at a convention on Sunday before last, and the date set was July 25. Committees notified the steamship companies last week.
The longshoremen worked all day yesterday at thirty cents an hour, the regular rate. In the afternoon a committee of the men employed at each pier called, and said that they would not work at night except at the rate of sixty cents an hour instead of forty-five. The agents said that there would be no work done at night then, at least for the present.
It was expected that the City of Para, at the Pacific Mail Steamship pier, would have to be unloaded by night work, and that the White Star steamer Germanic, billed to sail on Wednesday, would also require night work, but the pier superintendents told the committee that they would try and get along with extra men at day work.
No night work was done last night at any pier. Sixty cents was the rate for night work before the sympathetic strike.
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic
What keywords are associated?
Longshoremen
Night Work
Wage Demand
Sixty Cents
Steamship Piers
Sympathetic Strike
Domestic News Details
Event Date
July 25
Outcome
no night work performed at any pier; plans to use extra men for day work on city of para and germanic.
Event Details
Longshoremen implemented demand for 60 cents per hour for night work on steamship piers, decided at convention on Sunday before last; worked day at 30 cents, refused night at 45 cents; steamship agents halted night work.