ASTOUNDING STRIKE
SOCIETY ORDERS ABANDONMENT OF PIECEWORK HOUSING SCHEME HELD UP Jsy Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright London, August 29. The “Daily Express" reports an astounding strike of three hundred men employed oq a. housing scheme nt Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. The men were compelled to strike by tho Operative Bricklayers’ Society. A big firm of contractors whom the authorities had urged to complete their work quickly offered ths bricklayers the full union wage, plus any surplus on account of work done beyond a certain minimum. Thus the bricklayers earned 2s. 6d. per hour, instead of 2s. Id. The society, however, declared that this piecework must be abandoned. When tho contractors declined to recognise the edict, all the trade unions called cut their men, and the. strike is complete—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn,
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 288, 31 August 1921, Page 5
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127ASTOUNDING STRIKE Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 288, 31 August 1921, Page 5
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