BRITISH LABOUR CRISIS.
CABLE NEWS.
BY TELEGRAM—PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT,
MINERS AND OWNERS CONFER. Received this dav at 2.pm 1 LONDON, May'6. At a conference between the miners and owners, Evan Williams on behalf of the owners said tlic owners as well as the miners were in a precarious position. Therefore they asked the miners to confer. The owners who previously did not realise the extent of their proposed reductions of wages, now realised that a subsistence wage for the lowest paid workers mustibo guaranteed, also to fix a standard living wage below which there would be no reductions. The owners now suggest , a flat rate reduction of 3s per shift for six months and thus stabilise wage conditions and enable the poorer districts to reap. the benefit of the Government subsidy. The owners are optimistic regarding the .future of the coal industry, despite tho depression. Mr Smith replied in an unreported speech, described as savage in the extreme, whereto the owners listened good temperedlv. |
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 June 1921, Page 3
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164BRITISH LABOUR CRISIS. Hokitika Guardian, 7 June 1921, Page 3
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