WORK AND WAGES.
A DOCK STRIKE THREATENED. EMPLOYMENT OF A NON-UNIONIST. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright (Rec. May 20, 10.5 p.m.) London, May 20. The employment of a non-unionist watchman at (lie Milhrall docks resulted in the masters discharging 2000 men for refusing to handle the goods belonging to the firm concerned. The Watermen's Union resolved to call out a further .1000 men. The- extension of the trouble throughout the Port of London is feared. RAILWATMEN'S DEMAND. (Ree. May 20, 10.5 p.m.) London, May 20. At a meeting' of rnilwnymen at Birmingham, it was resolved that the time had come for a minimum living wage. Mr. E. Charles, a member of the Great Western Conciliation Hoard, said that the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants intended to ask for the minimum of 255. a week. There were 95,000 railwaymen in receipt of a pound a week or less. DURHAM MINERS' WAGES. London, May 19. The Conciliation Board has increased the wages of Durham miners 3j per cent.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1445, 21 May 1912, Page 5
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164WORK AND WAGES. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1445, 21 May 1912, Page 5
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