MINERS' POST-WAR DEMANDS
SIX-HOUR DAY AND SIX DAYS'" PAY •' .FOR FIVE DAYS' WEEK. London, July 13. The Miners' Federation has resolved to demand a six-hour day nfter the war. and six days' pay for a five days' wer<k. ' Tho federation requires the increase of old-age pension to 15s. a weak, ami the reduction of tho age limit to sixty; the elimination of the military spirit from physical drill in elementary schools; arid that all eoldiers and sailors must be paid Cs. a day. The' federation approved a proposal for replacing separate district conciliation boards by a National Board for regulating wages for all districts. This change is regarded as the most fateful in the history of the federation. It is pointed out that the policy of tho recent . federation has consistently followed nail tioual lines.—"The Times."
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 255, 16 July 1918, Page 6
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136MINERS' POST-WAR DEMANDS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 255, 16 July 1918, Page 6
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