Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1897. The Engineers' Strike.
From all accounts its would appear that the action taken by the Londori engineering trade to secure an eighthour day, by force-, by striking* is likely to prove moat disastrous to the men and to the trade. There are always two parties to a dispute, and the employers seem to have a good Cause in not yielding to the demands of the men, as the demand for an eight-hour day, at the same pay as before, means actually an increase in wages, and this is more than the Thames shipbuilding industry, where the strike began, can stand. The shipbuilding industry was a large one years ago> on the Thameß, but was driven away from it, up to the Clyde and the Tyne, because labour there was cheaper. A small number of employers have lately been building up the trade again on the Thames and now they are met with this demand of a lessened length of day, without lessened pay. With a view of resisting the demand the employers have formed a joint committee, and upwards of sixty firms, employing 20,000 men, are members of the London Association, and 29 Clyde firms have added their names to the lock out proposal?. A labour war is always unfortunate and is greatly to be regretted, as not only the persons interested suffer, but so many others, as the stoppage of work in one particular branch of an industry necessarily impedes work in other branches, and this Association of Employers have decided to take a step which may be actually necessary for the protection of the industry, yet sounds hard to those who do not know the ins and outs of trade so well. It has been computed that the unions representing the engineering trade have only got fund 3 equal to £10 a man for strike pay, and to prevent levies being made on those in work, the Association proposes to lock out the whole of the men throughout the country. This is a severe measure but is one that should have been considered by the strikers before proceeding to extremities, as it" would be exceedingly unwise on the part of employers to pay wages, part of which they well knew were being spent in keeping their co-employers idle. At present there seems little hope of any settlement.
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Manawatu Herald, 24 August 1897, Page 2
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511Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1897. The Engineers' Strike. Manawatu Herald, 24 August 1897, Page 2
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