LABOUR TROUBLES

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 82, 31 December 1920, Page 5

LABOUR TROUBLES

AUSTRALIAN STEWARDS' STRIKE MR. HUGHES ASKED TO INTERVENE By Tclexr<mh--Pr6sa Amooiatlon-Oopyriflu Sydnsy, December 30. The Transport Workers' Federation is asking ilr. Hughes to intervene in the stewards' strike by a tribuual under ilhe Industrial Peace Act.—Press Assn. •MOERAKi GETS AWAY TRANSPORT WORKERS SUPPORTING THE STEWARDS. (Rcc. December 31, 0.10 a.m.) Sydney, December SO. The Moeraki sailed tliis afternoon for Wellington. The cooks gave liotico ovsrnight, but. bcfoio the nolico expired the vessel had cleared, the wharf. The secretary of the Transport Workers' Iteration states that thQ federation made no recommendation that the stewards should return to work, but is solidly behind "them in the light.—Press Assn, •' DISPUTE IN COAL AND COKE INDUSTRY COMPULSORY CONFERENCE CONVENED. Sydney, December 30. A compulsory coal conference, convened to deal with the dispute in the coal and coke industry, has adjourned without reaching a decision. This was mainly due to the absence of representatives of the Victorian Government which disputes the right of the Commonwealth to legislate on State industries.—Press Assn. WELSH TINPLATE" INDUSTRY WAGES REDUCED OWING TO FALL IN PRICES. (Rec. December 20, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 29. Wages in the Welsh tinpla'Jo industry, ivbich employs tweuty-icven 'thousand hands, have been reduced six shillings in the .£l. under a sliding scale, owing to a fall in. the priccs of steel bare.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. UNEMPLOYMENTIN AMERICA CONDITIONS RIGHTING THEMSELVES. New York, December 29. A significant sign of the times is that tfoo main Ford motor plant at Detroit, employing fifty thousand persons, hns bee.n closed for an indefinite period. Many of the .higher-priced motor plants in the iargei- American cities have already closed, or are running half-time. The conditions of unemployment in some centres are very severe. Labour leaders claim that ilio conditions are partly fictitious, for the purposo of reducing wages. In an effort to obtain cash, big storen throughout the United S'Jates and Canada are cutting priccs by 20 to 50 per cent., while Wall Street has soen a vast slump in prices. generally appear to be righting ilhemsclves, and autumii pessimism is giving way to a feeling of optimism when the winter is over.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. DIVISION OF IRON MILL PROFITS UNSATISFACTORY RESULT FOR WORKERS. (Rec, December 30, 11.35 p.m.) New York, December 30 After the workers' first week's opera tion of the iron mill at Ncwbern, North Carolina, the division of profits resulted in euch a 6iaall pro rata share that the employers unanimously paid them wages. Now arrangements are being made by which the/workers will return to a wage 6cale, with the employers" pro. posed reduction.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn |At a meeting between the workers and owners of a large iron-mill at Newborn, North Carolina, to discuss a 20 .per. ceni. reduction of wages, an agreement was made by which all profit beyond the operating pxpensep Ishould 1 be distributed among the workers in lieu of wages.]