BRITISH LABOUR CRISIS
TRIPLE ALLIANCE, RAILWAYMEN , AND THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE By Telficrapli-.Preee Association-CopyrißUt London, March !!3. An official report of yesterday's conference between the "Triple Alliance," the Railwaymen's Union, and tho Government shows that Mr. J. H. Thomas replied in the affirmative to Mr. Bonar Law's inquiry whether all three members of the alliance would strike In the event of even, an unjustified strike by one member.
Replying to Mr. Thomas, Mr. Bonar Law emphasised that the Government in-teL-ded that extra pay should be given for real night work by railwaymen. In regard to ono hundred thousand railway shopmen who mostly belong to the engineers' societies and not to the railwaymen's unions, Mr. Bonar Law stated that the Government could not negotiate with Mr. Thomas concerning them, unless the railway unions could come to an arrangement by which Sir. Thomas should represent all the shopmen. He also stated that the Government had undertaken that the wages of railwaymen should not be reduced until the end of the year, when the question could be reopened. He emphasised that the financial position of the country was serious. The railways at present were costing the taxpayers over half the amount or the national expenditure prior to the war. The offer the Government was now making was the utmost it could do.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. INTERPRETATION OF THE OFFERS. AGREEMENT REACHED. London, March 24. The Press Bureau reports: "Representatives of the Government, tho Railway Exeoutivo Committee, and the Railway Unions to-day reviewed the whole of the concessions offered by the Government, and reached an agreement as to tho interpretation of the offers. If the railwaymen's unions ratify the terms, the negotiations on the remaining items of the programmes will be continued immediately, the -Government undertaking that every effort will bo made to secure a fair and speedy settlement."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. MR! BONAR LAW CONFERS WITH THE COMMISSIONER. (Rec. March 2G, &5 p.m.) London, March 24. Mr. Bonar Law consulted Mr. Justico Sankey (the Coal Inquiry Commissioner) during tho week-end, and conferred with the miners to-day.—Aus.-N.Z.' Cable Assn. NATIONAL UPHEAVAL AVERTED. (Rec March 2G, 11.15 p.ns London, March 2G. Trade union circles believe that the latest negotiations will mako a national upheaval unlikely. Nevertheless, it is feared that the miners and railwaymen will severely criticiso their leaders beoauso the national programme was not fully achieved. It is expected that the conference on Thursday will ratify tho terms proposed. Tho South Wales Miners' Executive hag urged the resumption of work pending a reference of the proposed terms of settlement to the national ballot. A. conforenco of miners has been summoned at Cardiff on Sunday.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RAILWAY CRISPIN FRANCE MAY DAY STRIKE THREAT. Paris, March 25. The French Railwaymen's Federation has threatened to call a general strike oh May 1, unless the railways are nationalised and an eight-hou.r day enforced, with a minimum commencing salary of &1 a week.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' GENERAL STRIKE IN SPAIN MARTIAL LAW IN BARCELONA. Madrid, March 25. There ie a general strike in Barcelona. Martial law has been proclaimed, and the constitutional decrees have been sus-pended.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. LABOUR IN AUSTRALIA DEMAND BY BROKEN HILL MINERS Sydney, March 20. Tho Broken Hill miners are demanding a minimum wage of 20s, a day and a thirty houra' working week, and equal pay for men and boye.—Press Assn. THE "DAKG" SYSTEM IN NEW . SOUTH WALES. Sydney, March" 2G. The Miners' Delegates' Board has instructed minors in the South Coast to discontinue the "Darg" system (of restricted output).—Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 156, 27 March 1919, Page 5
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