LABOUR UNREST.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1291, 21 November 1911, Page 5

LABOUR UNREST.

-« BRITISH RAILWAYMEN, FAVOUR ANOTHER STRIKE. By TeleEranh—Press Association— Copyriffbl (I!ec. November 20, 0.10 p.m.) London, November 20. Mr. J. 11. Thomas, Labour member i'or Derby, at ;i meeting of railway men a I liury declared that it would be a national crimc and blunder if a striko were again precipitated, simply owing to the refusal of both parties to meet again and discuss the whole situation. The meeting unanimously resolved to light for reasonable wages and hours, and tlio recognition Oi the unions in all negotiations. Sis thousand railway men at Bradford, with two dissentients, favoured a striko to secure recognition for tlio new programme; a similar resolution was passed unanimously at Nottingham and Manchester. Mr. l'ox, secretary of the locomotive engineers, at a. meeting at Crewe, said tho railway men wero morally bound to accept the Commission's findings. The scheme was a great improvement on tho 1907 agreement. Tho Amalgamated Railway Men's North-Eastern District Council, at a meeting at Newcastle, by 56 to 20, recommended the North-Eastern railway men to abstain from the ballot. Subsequently, at a mass meeting, tho railway men recommended a striko to secure recognition. INTIMIDATORS SENTENCED. • London, November 19. At Warwick, Alfred Baker, a signalman, and five colliers wero sentenced to threo months' imprisonment, and two colliers to two months' for intimidating Midland railway men at Stockingford, Warwickshire, during the recent strike. SHIPBUILDERS' STRIKE. Paris, November 19. In connection with the strike of workmen employed on the construction of the battleship Courbet at Lorient for a rearrangement of hours, tho authorities have rearranged tho hours, and work has been resumed. - METAL WOEEERS LOCKED OUT. Berlin, November 19. A sequel to tho metal workers' striko is that the masters have locked out sixty thousand men. BAKERS' STRIKE AVERTED. Sydney, November 20. A bakers' strike was narrowly averted. A meeting of the men had practically decided on immediate cessation of work when Mr. A. C. Carmicliael (Minister for Labour) appeared on tho scene, and succeeded in persuading them not to tako such a drastic step. TEACHERS' WAGES BO.ARD. (Rec. November 21, 0.30 a.m.) Sydney, November 20. Replying to a deputation, Mr. Carrnichael, Minister for Labour, condemned unmistakably the proposal for a Teachers' Wages Board, and said the present machinery was sufiicient. A MINISTER THANKED. (Rec. November 21, 0.30 a.m.) Sydney, November 20. Mr.'Carmichael, Minister for Labour, has received a letter from tho Bakers' Union, thanking him for his successful efforts towards conciliation, and agreeing to submit their troubles to the Wages Board.