MINING IN WALES.
EMI'LOYEIt.s AXI) THE KKiUT 1101 US ACT ' MANIFESTO TO TIIK WOIIKEKS. Kcceiicd May ai, 10.3,") jt.ni. London, .May 2U. llie South Wales coal-owners, controlling fully million tons of coal aunnallv, ill explaining the notice tbev have "iven to l(i(l,()(lU workmen, state that only nix and a lmlf hours' work is possible in many of the older collieries, yet the workmen refuse to permit double shifts, though the departmental committee of the Home Office cxpresslv suggested these shifts. The effect of the Eight Hours Act would reduce the earniiga of the day wage men by \IH, per cent. If the men assented to double shifts where practicable.' and were willing to w<jrk the nine hours one day u week ns the Act permits, the owners would not insist on a reduction in wages before March.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 102, 27 May 1909, Page 2
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137MINING IN WALES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 102, 27 May 1909, Page 2
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