INDUSTRIAL UNREST
STRIKES IN 1911. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. London, January 1. Strikes affecting three-quarters of a million workers in 1911 represented a loss of ten million working days, compared with the yearly average of four and a half million during the past decade. RAILWAYMEN'S DECISION. London, January 1. The Newport strike, which affected four thousand dockers, has been temporarily settled, the dockers hoping that the dock companies will arrange to load Houldors' boats instead of using free labor. A mass meeting of railwaymen at Swansea unanimously resolved that the executive broke all democratic rules by accepting the commission's report while the ballot was in progress.' It was imperative that the four secretaries of the executive should retire. AMALGAMATION OF UNIONS. Received 2, 11 p.m. London, January 2. Four of the railway workers' unions have prepared a scheme of amalgamation. The new organisation will have a membership of 180,000. The present executives will he retained for two years. THE MANCHESTER TROUBLE. Received 2, 11 p.m. London, December 2. Sir G. R. Askwith opens separate con- ' 'renees of masters and men at Manlester. The men are in holiday mood. here are indications that both sides ,tre more ready for a settlement. It is suggested that the weavers should withdraw from the position they have taken up regarding non-unionists, and that the masters concede 5 per cent, advance in wages.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 158, 3 January 1912, Page 5
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228INDUSTRIAL UNREST Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 158, 3 January 1912, Page 5
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