N.S.W. Mine Stoppages Condemned by Union Heads
SYDNEY, April 1. Leaders of the Miners’ Federation, including the general president. Mr I. Williams, and the general secretary, Mr G. W. S. Grant, denounced petty stoppages in the coal industry. In’ a joint statement, they said that •such stoppages made a rabble of the miners, and turned public opinion against them. “Unauthorised stoppages tenc. to divert attention from big issues ’. continues the statement. “They sap our strength needed for struggles to win big issues. They do not injure the coal owners, but they mean nisunitv, disruption, and conflict in our own’ ranks. Sectional action means rabble, and rabbles never won big lights”. _____________
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Grey River Argus, 2 April 1948, Page 3
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