WAR ON WAGES
IN GERMANY. PROVOKES STRIKES. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) BERLIN, October 2. Wage reductions and increases of working hours are causing widespread irritation in the German mining districts. There are numerous strikes in the Reilier region, though the Miners’ Unions are urging the members to accept the Government control of wages. There is also industrial unrest m Hamburg, where the shipowners are insisting on wage cuts and longer hours.
The Communists are exploiting tlie situation by demanding a general strike.
The Berlin metal employers propose the cancellation of all agreements with a view to reducing the wages of one hundred and fifty thousand workers.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 October 1931, Page 5
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107WAR ON WAGES Hokitika Guardian, 3 October 1931, Page 5
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