INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9, 8 May 1912, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

A THREATENED STRIKE. (By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright.) (United Press Association.) London, May 6. A deputation from the Sailors’ and Firemen’s Union threatened to stiike unless the Peninsular Company employs two efficient whites for each lifeboat. COAL-M ININ G AG REEM ENT. Dunedin, May 7. An important agreement lias been arrived at between the Westport Coal Company and the men, uith a currency of twelve months, drawn up and signed by both parties. The dispute has been under consideration since last November. The new agreement, it is understood, benefits the men considerably. The ■Yv estpnrt Company is just now finding it hard to get a sufficient number of competent miners to meet their requirements, so great is the demand for coal. SEAMEN ON STRIKE. (Received 8, 9.40 a.m.) London, May 7. The Peninsular Company refused the union’s demands, and the men struck. RAILWAY MEN DISSATISFIED. (Received 8, 9.40 a.m.) Sydney, May 8. The railway men are agitating for an eight-hour day. There are threats to strike. I political activity. (Received 8, 9.10 a.m.) Melbourne, May 8. At the annual conference of the Federated Miners’ of Austialia the report urged that it was imperative that miners should become active in political organisation.