FIRST STRIKE FOR 10 YEARS
Twenty thousand vehicle builders and 2000 wood-cutting machinists today commenced the -first big official strihe to occur in Britain in the last 10 years. The men, who are all members of the National Union of Yehicle Builders an 1 of the Wood-cutting Machinists' Society, gave forrnal notiee of theii intention to strike three weeks ago,. aml the notices expired during the weekend without a settlemont being reached. The strikers are asking for an aliround increase of 3d an liour in thei: wages. In addition to the vehicle workers and wood-eutters, the forgemen anb blacksmiths, who are emploved 0:1 vehicle bodv-building, intend to strike In sympathy. The strike will not aff'ect mass production car-building firms, but will apply to luxury car builders, such as Roils-Eoyce. *" It is also likely to have a serious e;ffec.t . upon the busbuilding programnfe.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHRONL19480407.2.32.6
Bibliographic details
Chronicle (Levin), 7 April 1948, Page 5
Word Count
142FIRST STRIKE FOR 10 YEARS Chronicle (Levin), 7 April 1948, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Chronicle (Levin). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in