THE BRITISH LABOUR CRISIS.
LOOK OUT OF ENGINEERS.
A BIG UPHEAVAL THREATENED,
(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.!
LONDON, September 2. Efforts to avert the engineering dispute failed. The lock out begins on Saturday. The Miners Conference lasted only a quarter' of an hour. It is unofficially announced there is no hope of mediation r from the Triple Alliance, which decided to stand by the miners. Mr Addison (a Commoner) - says to get in coal. It is going to be ■ a big strike. The next possibility of a move hi the direction of a settlement is the * Trade Union Congress which medts at Portsmouth on Monday. . The public generally believe the strike •will not eventuate, especially as there is three weeks interval for negotiations.
Wh\t the strike means. LONDON, Sept. 3
In view of the number of engineers depending on electrical workers, it is estimated a million and a half will be affected if the latter are locked out. It .is estimated the coal strike will throw idle a million and a half workers in other industries in the first week, 2,150 000 in the second week and 2,643,000 in the third week.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 September 1920, Page 3
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