Compulsory wartime service limited a sailor's choice about whether to remain in the armed forces. With service somewhere likely, a reasonable naval wage was less likely to become the basis for refusing duty. Pay disputes still occurred, but wartime obligations changed the circumstances in which sailors challenged their terms. Prewar and wartime rates also rested on different pay settlements.
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Why pay grievances differed in war and peace
Compulsory wartime service reduced the scope for resisting duty over a reasonable wage, although different pay settlements could still create grievances.