LABOUR.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16729, 12 January 1920, Page 7

LABOUR.

THE DURBAN DISPUTE.

ißv CaHfr— Pww* Association—Copvrjiht ! (AustrtU-ir. iv.<i X.Z. CaWa Assocv*t' /,D ) •■Received January 11th. •">•"> p.m.> CAPE TOSVN. January 10. The Mayor a r.<l several aldermen at rhuban have resigned as the result ot the Citv Counril approving ei the M-ttlonu'nt. of the strike ot municipal employee*. The settlement secures all the sinkers' demands. without victimisation, ana luil pay while the strike lasted. [A previous mes.snge said : Tho municipal cmplovees at Durban struck owing to tho dismissal of the a>si>t:;.nt town c!crk. The tramway ami telephone ptrvicer! axe suspended.] A PROLONGED STRUGGLE. moNMon.PF.ns' ?TR ike. (Roceived Januarv 11th. 0.0 p-nO I,ON DON. January 8. The ironmoulders have rejected the lorms for a settlement l>y 3<j,< 1S to IHT3I. fA message from London on Decern - ber 31st said: *>ir Robert Homo, Minister of Labour, also the Parliamentary Committee and the J rado I nion Congress, have intervened in the ironmoulders' strike, in the liopo of reaching a settlement. A mesage frojn London on December iJ-lth said: Negotiations failed to settle the irenmouidersr strike, which has now lasted months, directly rendering idle 50.0. F.) men, and indirectly another 101).00'), and involving a loss of £2,<5(30.000 in wages. A leading employer declares tliat the engineering trade is now practically at a standstill.]

A 44-HOUR WEEK. (Roceived January 11th, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, January 11. A ballot taken by tho Amalgamated! Society of Engineers strongly favoured a 44-hour week, thus cutting out Saturday work. 17NEMFLOYEDIN BRISBANE. BRISBANE, January 10. A meeting of uncmployod was followed by a march to the Premier's office. Tho demonstrators wero intercepted by the police, who, after a struggle, captured the banner carricd by the unemployed. La tor, an interview was arranged with tho Premier, and the crowd dispersed.

MARINE ENGINEERS' STRIKE

(Received Jannary 12th, 12.1n a.m.) SYDNEY, January 11. The steamer Eastern has secured a crew of non-union engineers, and sailed for China.