Lancashiro Coal Strike May Wine Out Gains

Chronicle (Levin), 13 May 1949, Page 5

Lancashiro Coal Strike May Wine Out Gains

Tic"c;v-'! V: -i'tv. 7 p.m. LnNDuX. Mnv 12. Prnpn-nls wbr--h :,'ix lejid to the fsettleTMent ' nl" t '!•' ! .aiu'ushi'.'e coa.1 ptrii'-e. I'ti' -- ^ . 'i ^ • >i -1 . * t el hv the Xat iov.ii! (" ,-)! lioib an I wUl he eon-?i(le!'-i] ;>v ri i i -t >*r;hers (leiegiitos on Sii Ci '*■ ! ' . ■ ' . ' 1 ^ti'iice has iiow elost'i] i«very pit i.nin'a>hire, remlering .lih ' ! '*?' : " '• T''o! '!{tl shortage in Xo : t hi'i n K- .'end hoing inereasiiiol v f.-dt V :uid this week it wi!!* « *>•;.••• '•» ii- ort su!>8tantial Ptoi'k.- frnm Yorks'.iiv to keeo Lnneasliii* - in 1 'i*: * i'i ii ; .i riie loss oi

ontput on tio- I.ai! -.!■! ire eoallields last week \* 'i> l a; 7it o--o tons hut | un!e-s si r. is s ioediiy reuehed, { it -,\ilt he \ -. ;c -nter this weeitj ovviny t" t® e !m t ■ oo-'.iete cessation oi'wo-k. Tio' . target t'or the Laio-a Aho !:••' ■! 's "" V-11'1 tons. i .ii ro'; o v ;s- t. i' i . , i oi the strike and 'oi' itih.ir.'; !;:v> iu ^eotland, the tutu! . on; oroda.-t . oi hi^t. week dropped to ..jilv a litt'e :'..7._l , Uto tons oi' iio'lT" • *uns nntier rhi> vear's target. ' It is e-t imat.'d" ti.at :t ihe strike eontinues unl i! the ,f t\ this week, it I \vi!l have ei|-l «?ut -al! that haa been| gnined — P:!-' vear bv extra re-l eruitio.o.i r. n ! ■•.) • ••! ineehanisation.j . t k::- .iit to a heao VertaiT: :..*i ':n-- ;; rievanees on the part o; :: iners. -The ehiet of titese ;i ri - f.'oni the faet that althn'u'ii i.iint-!'- *o! :»!! otlier fields rece'.ve fr. e * ■:i\. the hioi in the Lanca-s!ir-e pit > : •>* An..tla-r grievance liiis hecn ! i v the disclosure tinit altiion^i: " ! >* a - -rage earnings of miiiHv itii e • eonutrv have risen },V «:...iit e 1945, the iii.-ic" .* i«; i.': ;-" iois boeii only 25s. Th« • ' ■ - resisting the !ti Oi T'-'e >'Oal 011 the groands timi u-» ;•..>••• ■■u for it was niade bv t;.e :aen v.'oen they aecepted the st'iii'biiii o a. ei'iiit-i: * in 11' 4-4. Xt is irid.'. - i-- •«! i i'. 'podstis made to th. uiii.o. 1 1- llo-.nl suggest tlia: 1 ■ •/- siionld receive eo;J for vit h.ead jirices. Althoiiyh t'ic >tri;;e ha- been organised t,v tio- I. • ! ;;-e '.oaneh of the Xat io'.inl M::; •••!. ' I' lion. it is not ro. ■ • .i ; • ,• ;i aui executive ot the unioit :■ ,.d ' 4 i.ers, therefore, do not I !'■ e.vo : Iti- M'LV.