ENGLISH STRIKES.
If the strike has done nothing else, J it Avould haA-e done good by throwing | light on the unspeakable conditions of labor in England. Carmen struck for j a 7_-hour Aveek. Their demand Avas ' described bA' some of the ncAvspapers as "extravagant." In Manchester the aim of one section of strikers was "to raise to 20sV the Aveekly Avage. In a London suburb, 15,000 Avomen Avorking in a jam factory struck for an increase of wages, -Avhich Avould bring- thorn up to 8s and 9s per week. And so avc might go on, pouring out figures.
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 35, 3 November 1911, Page 14
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98ENGLISH STRIKES. Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 35, 3 November 1911, Page 14
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