MINERS NOT PULLING THEIR WEIGHT
Received Sunday, 7.0 p.m. LONDGN, -June 21. Mr. Shinw-ell, i-n -appe'aling .to Y'ork-&lii-re minewerkers lo play their part in: Teaching the nation 's coal target by' producing 8(55,000 tons of sa-leable coal weekly, sai-d Yorkshire had not acbiev ' ed that amount in any week so faT. Yorkshire miners in the first two fiveday Weeks showed t'hat they were' eapable of com'ing near the target but since tlien there had been a marked falling off in output. There had been a marked increase i n absenteeism in Yorkshire which was well abo%'e fhe av'ei-age for tlie wliole cou-ntry and also two-'tliirds of the coal lost by disputes in the first half of June, was lost in Yorkshire disputes. This' could easily prejudiee tlie success of the five-day week. , "''1 must repeat .that if we fail to get' tlie coa! we ueed 7n the hext 12 to 18 ■moiiths, the conntry vv.ill be in grave peril, " he said.
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 June 1947, Page 5
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161MINERS NOT PULLING THEIR WEIGHT Chronicle (Levin), 23 June 1947, Page 5
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