Normal shore cranes could not raise them, special ships were required to carry them and highly trained stevedores to manipulate them.
They may be stevedores or people who can handle cranes in docks.
The stores have to be handled at their despatching point and handled by railway companies and shipside stevedores.
What the stevedores managed to get, the other unions also wanted.
First, can he say anything about the position of the stevedores?
The stevedores do not want that to be observed.
This is a scheme worked entirely by people employed by one employer, except for the independent stevedore who is nothing more than a labour contractor.
The very serious omission of any form of charges that will be levied by the stevedores and their employers is a most important one.
