INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2185, 25 June 1914, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES

LONDON BUILDERS. . /' By Telegraph—Prcß3 Association—Copyright London, Juno 23: The Building Employers' Federation is taking u ballot on the question of a national lock-out owing to tho London strike. WHAT UNION OFFICIALS SAY. (Reo. June 24, 10.30 p.m.) London, Juno 21 The Trade Union officials doubt whether tho employers in the provinces will favour a National lock-out. Mr. Hewitt, chairman of the Central Lock-out Committee, argues that -.the federation will be'unable- to inducethe employers in the provinces to lock-out their men for the sake of forcing on the London workmen what they would Hot force on their own-employees. ' AFTERNOON SHIFT. SUMMONSES ISSUED AGAINST ■MINERS. Sydney, June '2-1. At the instance of Mr. Estoll, Minis-* ter of Labour, eight hundred summonses have been issued .against miners for- re-, fusfng to work the afternoon shift. They arc called on to show cause why Jhe penalty of £50 each should, not be .imposed for participating in a strike. THE -AUSTRALIAN CARPENTERS' DEMANDS. REFUSED BY THE COURT. Sydney, June 24. On appeal bv tho master builders, the Arbitration Court refused the carpenters' demand for a reduction in the number of working hours to forty-four weekly, and also declined to grant preference. t • Tho men employed in the building trades are generally dissatisfied with the award,_ and meetings havo been called to review' the position. Similar dissatisfaction exists in Melbourne, where a strike is talked of.