BRITISH COAL MINES.
SCOTTISH MINERS’ DISPUTE SETTLED. EMPLOYERS CONCEDE AN INCREASE OF WAGES. United Press Association—Copyright. (Received August 1, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 31. The Scottish mines coal dispute has been settled. The employers conceded a minimum wage of 6s for a period of three years, and suitable machinery will bo devised for fixing any increase as trade improves.
[The committee appointed by the Home Secretary in 1906 to inquire into tho probable economic effect of a limit of eight hours to the working day of coal miners, reported: —“An immediate advance in prices, wages, and demand for labor would a pop a r to be the inevitable consequence of a legal limitation of hours which involved an immediate reduction of output; the extent and duration or possible permanence of the equally inevitable reaction it is impossible to foretell, but it may be assumed that both will greatly depend upon the disposition of employers and workmen to co-operate to minimise any inconvenience that may arise in the initiation of a new system to tho general public, and especially to the manufacturers of heavy goods for export.”]
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2569, 2 August 1909, Page 5
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186BRITISH COAL MINES. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2569, 2 August 1909, Page 5
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