WESTRALIAN LABOUR.
RAILWAYMEN STOP WORK. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright Received January 10, 9.35 a.m. Perth, Yesterday. The agi'eement between the Society of Engineers and the Commissoner of Railways expired in November. Since then the officials of the Society have been negotiating for an increase of two shillings per day in wages. The claim is based on the increased cost of living, and the fact that increases have been granted to locomotive engine drivers. The Commissioner offered an advance of sixpence which was promptly declined. The men waited on the Minister for Railways, who declined to take tne matter out of the hands of the Commissioner. The men decided to stop away from work in order to attend a daily conference, practically amounting to a strike. Those affected are engine fitters, turners, iron moulders, and blacksmiths employed at the Midland Junction workshops from Kalgoorlie. No immediate dislocation of the railways is feared, although the occurence will seriously interfere with the building of new rolling stock.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 429, 10 January 1912, Page 5
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163WESTRALIAN LABOUR. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 429, 10 January 1912, Page 5
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