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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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In San Francisco, CIO longshoremen and clerks union leaders renewed demands to include the hiring hall system in a new coastwide contract expiring June 15, with 80 delegates voting to start negotiations. Employers agree to retain the system but want an impartial dispatcher.
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Eighty delegates from Pacific Coast locals of the clerks and of the international longshoremen's and warehousemen's union voted here over the week end to begin immediate negotiations for renewal of the contract that expires June 15.
Preservation of the hiring hall will be the chief point, the union said. Other demands were not reported but they can be negotiated or arbitrated if agreement is reached on hiring, a spokesman indicated.
A representative of the waterfront employers association said the WEA was willing to retain the hall system but wants the hiring hall dispatcher to be an impartial third party. He is a member of the ILWU under the present agreement.
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San Francisco
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Over The Week End
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Leaders of CIO longshoremen and clerks renewed their demand for the hiring hall system in a new coastwise longshore agreement. Eighty delegates from Pacific Coast locals voted to begin immediate negotiations for the contract expiring June 15. Preservation of the hiring hall is the chief point. A WEA representative said they are willing to retain the system but want an impartial third-party dispatcher.