FIVE MEN COMPROMISE TEN THOUSAND
SYDNEY, Feb. 12. A strike by five trui-k drivers threatens the jobs of 10,000 engineers in Sydney metal shops. The drivers are key men at the works. of the Austrai Bronze Company Proprietary, Ltd., which produces maierials essential tc the engineeriiig trade. While the strike eontinues,1 transport Of raw matei'ials is at a stahdstill and factory production is crippled. The men struck for an increase of 18s in wages. The management says it cannot legally grant the increase and suggests that the matter sliould go to the court. More than 200 employees of the firm have already been dismissed. A spokesman of the Metal Trades Employers' Association cites the case as another example of the'sniping tactic; engineered by Conpmtnists.
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 February 1947, Page 5
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