STRIKE IN BRITAIN.
TROUBLE IN WALES. A TRADE UNION BANK. By Cable— Press Association— Copyright. _ London, August 12. twenty-two hundred colliers at Ebbw Vale have struck, owing to the lampmen Withdrawing from the Federation in or?t-° J °i n the En g ineDl «i's and Stokers' . on - The strikers attribute the seces•ion to a desire to avoid levies to repay borrowings during the coal strike. j. f. sa J' s t' le trade unions are dissatisfied at the reluctance of the banks to advance strike pay upon the security of investments. A proposal is under consideration that the unions soould pool their accumulated funds as capital for a trade union bank. EBBW YALE STEELWORKS CLOSED. Received 13, 11.30 p.m. London, August 13, A strike of engineer apprentices at Glasgow is spreading. Hundreds at Daltnuir shipyard and other establishments have stnir-k. ♦ i o vi!! g Ebbw Vale coders' strike the Ebbw \ ale steelworks, employing 5000 hands have closed. Ten thousand are Bow idle.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 74, 14 August 1912, Page 5
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162STRIKE IN BRITAIN. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 74, 14 August 1912, Page 5
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