GREAT STRIKE ENDED.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 61, 10 May 1912, Page 2

GREAT STRIKE ENDED.

Magnificent Victory. ; Tin si i ike at Lawrence, U.S.A., has been -titled, the mill owners having practically conceded tlie demands of the I.W.'W. The rise in wages will range JTom ~> hi l'"> per cent., the poorest pad to receive the gi' aiestatUance. As a result of the Lawrence strike, not only lbe v oilers in that city, but textile operatives throughout New Englam! Vi'iv granted an advance in wages. It is e-.lioiai.vl that fully 100.000 men, women and children will Lie benefited. The boss's feared that unless they made ''v.iiuHtury" concessions the Lawrence strike would spread to other cii.i''-., nil! so they headed off tlie movement hv raising wages. Hy winning tho Lawrence, light tlie I.W.W. has be--I'iMiir it strong factor in the textile industry that, is, if the workers stick to and don't desert their organisation like a flock of sheep, as was tho case after the M eh'ws Rocks struggle.