COAL MINERS STOP WORK
THREAT OF INDUSTRIAL PARALYSIS / Received .Mumhiv, 9.15 }).mii. SY1)N KY, Julv 22. FiHeeil Sout-li Coast inines employi ng more t hau 30(10 men nnd prodncmg 10,01)0 tons of co.'il daily, stoppcd \vorl today llircatcuiiig tlie paralysis oi Sonlh Coast indust rics and railways. A coinpolsory coiifereiice on tlie contract iiiiners' disptile lias been onlereit i'or Wednesday morning, lnit in tio* tneanlirne Ihe men rel'nse to work under presen I eondi I ions. TI..- dispn t .* is tnonllis old and tlireat em-d to stop work last May. The men s d.'inaiid lias been tui.-.' before ihe t'rnTral Coal Aulliorily who l'oiind lliar there uas a prima I'acie ea.M\ l.nt tlie Coal Comiiiissiotn'r rnled thaf th.'r.* was tio anoinaly. fndiistrial paralysis in a muller or days I'accs the Wollongong-I'nrt Kembla Zone, wliitdi is tlie lliird rnost heavily indust rialised ama in New Sontn Walcs, with soino of' Australia's groat-e.-f iron and steel plants-. A rnajor strike is expe-ted to starx today following tlic failuro of Saturday 's .'on fcrcnec on the Soutli Coast iniiics dis]nitc to conelude an immeiliiite ngreemem to raiso tlic pav of coiitraci iiiiiicrs who nrc eallcd 011 to do shift work.
Tlic Fcdcral Minister of Supply (Senator Ashley i mfnscd to conccde the incn 's clainis, l.nt discloscd that ho hao instructcd tlic Cc ntral Coal Authonty to rcvicw thc issuc as enrly as possihlc tliis week and makc its dccision applv from today. Thc hearing is not likely to ho lu'ld bcforc Wednesday. Last night tlic sonthoni niiiicrs announcca that they wuuld rcfusc to work at tlic old ratcs.
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 July 1946, Page 5
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