P209 CEEFAX 209  Mon 20 Oct  21:13/27
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    
                                        
 Seamen at Weymouth in Dorset have voted
 to defy their union and continue their 
 sit-in on three Sealing ferries.       
                                        
 More than 200 seamen voted unanimously 
 to continue occupying the ferries until
 their dispute over redundancy payments 
 for seasonal crew is resolved.         
                                        
 The dispute began over two weeks ago   
 when Sealing announced the withdrawal  
 of its service to the Channel Islands, 
 with resulting redundancies.           
                                        
 The NUS says the continued action after
 the dispute has been resolved seems to 
 result from a misunderstanding.        
                                        
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