CEMETERY STRIKE
New York, April 7. A message from North Arlington, New Jersey, etales that 54 gravediggers' labourers commenced a sit-down strike in a Catholic cemetery. They played cards and quoits, ignoring four funeral processions. The coffins were placed in a vault to await the graves. The diggers aro satisfied; with their wages, but demand a minimum of five dollars a day for their helpers and a five-day -week. The vault capacity is 21 coffins.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 402, 8 April 1937, Page 5
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75CEMETERY STRIKE Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 402, 8 April 1937, Page 5
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