WORK AND WAGES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 17, 20 September 1913, Page 3

WORK AND WAGES.

EIRMINCHAM DISPUTE. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. [United Press association.] (Received 8.5 a.m.) London, September 19The Lord Mayor summoned a conference of Tidings’ directors and men’s /epresentacives, but failed to secure an agreement. The Birmingham Strike Committee condemns national unions for their weakness and procrastination. The strike continues until the policy regarding blackleg traffic is defined. At the request of the Chamber ol Commerce, the Birmingham authorities offered police.protection to traders wishing to bring goods from the railway depots. L TVERPOOL RAILWAYMEN. (Received 8.45 a.m.) London, September 19. One hundred and fifty railway men at Brunswick Docks, Liverpool, have struck. THE BROKEN HILL TROUBLE. (Received 8.45 a.m.) Sydney, September 20. Though the bulk of the female and some of the male shop assistants at Broken Hill resumed, the trouble still exists. Hostile demonstrations and to some extent a boycott were utilised against those who returned. The shops are picketed, but there is no interference with trade. There is a possibility of the unions calling a wider strike.

A SERIOUS OUTLOOK. (Received 10.20 a.m.) London,. September 19. Trade at the Port of Manchester is paralysed, and 5000 are idle. Efforts to arrange a conference proved abortive.

Birmingham men are increasingly indignant. They allege that the local leaders were deliberately cancelled from the executive. On the unions repudiating the strike, 280 resumed work. Two hundred Midland railwaymen in Derby struck in sympathy with Liverpool and Birmingham. Three railway men at Crewe were suspended for refusing to handle Dublin goods, and 500 struck in sympathy, causing a complete stoppage of Tillings. Non-unionists offered to work if the company guarantee never to recognise the union. The company refused, whereupon they joined thcunion.

CONFERENCES ON MONDAY. (Received 12.15 p.m.) a London, September 19. The executive of the National Transport Workers’ Federation are summoned to meet in London on Monday to review the situation, especially the Dublin affair. . . The 1 omnibus companies and men’s union have agreed to confer with Mr Asquith on Monday; meanwhile there will be no general strike,,of busmen. DUNEDIN CARPENTERS’ AWARD. [Per Press Association.] Dunedin, September 19. Mr Ji A. Triggs, Conciliation Commissioner, sat to-day to hear a dispute between the Otago branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners’ Union, and the parties cited (over-35 in number)* After considerable discussion, the parties failed to agree on any points, and the dispute will be referred to the Arbitration Court. The chief point in dispute was the question of wages. The workers claimed an increase of lid per hour, bringing the rate up to Is 6d per hour, while the employers stood out for the present rate of Is 4id. TRAMWAYM'EN JOIN RED FEDS. Dunedin,, September 20. The Dunedin Suburban Drivers’ Union decided, by a two-to-one majority, to join the United Federation of Labor and the Social Democratic Party, It was also resolved that members’ wives shall in future be full members of the union and have an individual vote on all questions.