WIDESPREAD STRIKES IN JAPAN
TOKIO, Jan. 6. General MacArthur, in his latest report on Japan, said that in October, Japan had the most widespread strike activity since the surrendel-. Unsettled conditions resulted in strikes in coal mines, newspaper offices, steel mills, as well as in the transport and electrical industry. In spite of this the g-ap between low wages and the high cost of living- has been narrowed for the first tilne. Women's earnings increased more rapidly than men's, but were still ' only about half the average man's pay.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5295, 7 January 1947, Page 5
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89WIDESPREAD STRIKES IN JAPAN Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5295, 7 January 1947, Page 5
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