INDUSTRIAL UNREST.
THE TAILORS' STRHiE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, May 14. The West End tailors are gradually returning to work, but the East End men demand nine hours a day, less 1% hours for meal-times, day work instead of piecework, and improved workshop accommodation. The officials of the Amalgamated Tailors' Union adhere to their refusal to countenance the strike. THE SOUTH WALES GRIEVANCE. London, May 14. The miners' grievance in South Wales is that Lord St. Aldwyn did not sufficiently recognise the earnings of piecework men; therefore the owners were encouraged to put everybody on day wages. SAILORS' WAGES. Received 15, 9.30 p.m. London, May 15. A conference of Liverpool shipowners and shipping unions has arranged for an advance of 10s a month on sailors' and firemen's wages. THE LITHGOW STRIKE. Received 15, 11.45 p.m. Sydney, May 15. The Litligow Prisoners' Release Society has circularised the unions throughout the State favoring a one day's strike as a protest against the Government not releasing the Lithgow strike prisoners. A meeting of forty unions endorsed the issue of the circular.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 274, 16 May 1912, Page 5
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178INDUSTRIAL UNREST. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 274, 16 May 1912, Page 5
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