EATING "BLACK" MEAT
o THE SYDNEY BUTCHERS’ STRIKE [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] (Received 9.3 a.m.) Sydney, February 25. The Moat Industries Committee forwarded a further letter iq Mr Estcll, emphasising that the employers had never refused' to allow the men to continue work upon the terms of the existing award. Tire committee also issued a long statement showing how during years the various branches of the industry were harassed by members of the employees’ union in spite of the fact that the earnings in many cases incerased by fifty per cent. The employers received no reply to this or to a previous communication. Any meat coming to Sydney, and killed by men employed by the masters who have not signed the union’s agreement has been declared “black.” The secretary of the employees’ union has been requested to attend at the -Treasury to meet Ministers today.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1914, Page 6
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147EATING "BLACK" MEAT Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1914, Page 6
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