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Joseph P Joe Kennedy Sr — Part 8
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the seamen froa the ships ere the backhonc of the vhol- organization.
Ye have corrected the conditions on this Line, ani heve chanced 75%
of the books of each of the various vessels thut cose into tue Port.
Ye took sit-down auction to get N.M.U. sages enu conditions, and got
a vhole scale according to fest Coast agreements.
as stated by our Fraternal Deleseates fro: the racific Coust,
Lio
he Celegates in Philadel pide are esnectaliv inatructed to ses
bet Aa Ne ole Be eee - i de oe —— he Ne per ee an * hw en [tre
thut the Union's policies of organization are carricd out on ti.e ships.
Ve carries on a real arive to sev that the delerates vere cleeted Llegully.
We have just .oved toa Joint hall which is the firs. step toward
making the 4.1.0. 4 reel industrial Union.
tn the question of Longshorenent (6 aie naning a definite point
of contacting ever; longsahoreman we sec and a3 result ten or fifteen men
cane down to start tork on Lonschorenen,
There is @ nossibility of vetting citizens tro. the vort of
Philucelphia to protect these Lonrshoreacn vio ure bein: blacklelied.
Fe ara fuccu with the problem of clearances vwhics. should be unified in
ull Ports. This Convention should, in my opinion, -ecert a policy that
is unified for clearing tona-?ide yveanen. In my ovdinion we can stilL
organize tie fa: proups that are stili in the I.5.U. Our orject should
be to orgunize, and I think this Convention shoula adost ua velic; for
orjanizing the unorgunized und bring all the I.5.U. mcnbers into one
NoM.U. Union,
Question of reporter fro. the Catholic Worker tho had not heen
aumitted into the hall. Apologies frow the Convention vor this error.
Reporter uanitted,
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Eeport of vrother Fa Koon of the Harbor loatments Livision of
tos tons H
“Ne in Fosten ure nov in our infuncy, una it is with freat
pleasure thit 1 point to our banner hung on vie *#all of tno platform,
Through the united efforts of Lavelle, Wills ancykavks, we Lave fust
won & @5.00 increase in warcd, a ten-hour day and* time ond a halr vor
overtime, T think the time is now at hand vhen the Harhar Hoatmen will
be organized into one Union. |
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Report of Brether Thomas Burgin of Providence, ue I.
Am unprepared to make a speech - will only s.y that I brin,
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