CRITICAL WEEK AHEAD.
SYDXFY, May 6. | This week will be the most criticai ; in the coalmining industry since tlie! strike last Decemiier. Two conferences j will be held and a third is being arranged, any of which could cause a seri- 1 ous stoppage. The main issue is the miners' demand | for impleioentalion of Ihe Bill givingj the State Government control of the i ! mining industry through a tliree-man i ; commission. * I Todav the general secretarv of the j i Miners ' Federation will ask the Premier I ! (Mr. .J. T. McKell) to abolish the use j of machinery in pillaf workings, an issue which caused the three weeks' ! strike at the Mount Keira mines. : ! All the mines are idle today, which 1 , the miners will observe as IMay Dav. j } The coal losses will amount to about j j 50,000 tons. |
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Chronicle (Levin), 7 May 1946, Page 5
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