WAR & THE WORKERS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2475, 31 May 1915, Page 6

WAR & THE WORKERS

THE OUTLOOK

MR LLOYD-GEORGE AND THE

ENGINEERS

(Rec. May 31, 0.20 a.m.)

London, May 29.

The "Manchester Guardian" states that Mr. Lloyd George has conferred with a large gathering of representatives of engineering firms, who explained that the differences with their workmen aroso from the questions of wages and bonuses. "We cannot' accelerate our production to our machinery's capacity, they said, "unless the local regulations are suspended or altered." "The minority will not realise that we are involved in a great struggle. The big majority, with a sense of loyalty, are swayed by these men rather than by the trade union'leaders." The trouble chiefly is in the north. Some of the masters fear that they are drifting into a big industrial crisis. The men in some of the shops distrust the masters, fearing that the war stress will enable them to disturb the wages and'hours. They allege that the employers have increased the profits, and mean to get their share. It is alleged that the output of the French machines is higher than those of the British.