MINERS' WAGES
Received Wednesday, 7 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 5. Speaking at Treorchy, near Cardiff, Mr. Arthur Ilorner said the weekly wage of £7 ls Od weekly attributed bx the Ministry of Labour gazette to miners, was far from accurate. Thousands of surface and underground workers took home only £4 3s and £4 I3s respectively after deductions. Mr. Ilorner' described the union's demand for a £1 weekly increase in a miner's minimum wage, as reasonable and denied that the delay in Teaching an agreement about longer hours, was tlie fault of the Ooal Board, the union or Mr. Shinwell. "It is due to Cabinet's taking bad advice," he said. "No wage freezing as discussed in the T.U.C. and Government circles, can stay the movement among the miners for" inereased pay. We don't want to embarrass the Government but to assist it to make the widustry more attractive. ' '
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 November 1947, Page 5
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