INDUSTRIAL AFFAIRS.
BRADFORD WOOLCOMBERS’ * DEMAND. FIRM STAND BY EMPLOYERS. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. (Received Mav 29, 10.301. p.m.) . LONDON, May 29. The Bradford woolcombers demand a general advance of five per centum on their wages, with a minimum of twentyfive shillings per week for night workers. The employers’ reply is that three advances have been given in four years, and that their patience is exhausted. Trade disturbances, they say, are due to 'the persistent, and often frivolous, application' of operatives. The masters are determined to use drastic measures to oppose any further demands. •
WILL THEY STRIKE? BRI SB AXE G ASWORKER S TROUBLE. (Received May 30, 12.20 a.m.) BRISBANE, May 29. The Gas Companies have informed the Premier that they do not think it necessary for them to accept his suggestion to submit the trouble to arbitration. .. i The Labor unions are to meet *on Wednesday tq consider the whole position, ahd the suggestion for a general strike. A SHORTAGE OF LABOR. BRISBANE, May 29. The building trade is impeded by a great shortage of bricklayers.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3231, 30 May 1911, Page 5
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176INDUSTRIAL AFFAIRS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3231, 30 May 1911, Page 5
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