LABOUR'S DEMANDS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 220, 11 June 1920, Page 7

LABOUR'S DEMANDS

MELBOURNE ENGINE-DRIVERS AND GASWORKS HANDS ULTIMATUM TO EMPLOYERS By Telegraph—Press Aeaooiatlon-Oopyrlifhl (Reo. June 10, 11.20 p.m.) Melbourne, June 10. The Federated Engine-drivers' and Firemen's Association and the electric.ligiht ■ and gacworks employees have sent ail ultimatum to the employers demanding increased wages, stating .that if the de- ' mand is not granted they will cease \rorJc at midnight on Saturday. If the threat is carried into effect it is estimated that 50,000 hands will be rendered idle in i the first week, as factory engine-drivers belong to the association.—Press Assn. LEGISLATION AGAINST STRIKES "AN INVASION OF WORKERS' EIGHTS." (Reo. June 10, 11.20 p.m.) ■ New York, June 10. ] llr. Samuel Gompers (president of the ' Americani Federation ofifabour) told l the , Platform Committee at Chicago tliat f legislation proposing to malto strikes un- j lawful or compel tlio workers to submit i their grievances to the courts was an in- f vosioji of the rights of the workers,, and i ,if enforced wou-d bo equivalent to serfdom and slavery. Walsh pleaded for a plank pledging full and formal official recognition of Ireland's elected Government by the United: States.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.