LABOR MATTERS.
A BIG UNION. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. „ Sydney, December 30. .Now that the ballot on the proposed amalgamation of the Australian Workers' Union, the largest organisation of Labor in the Commonwealth, with a number of other country unions has been carried by a very substantial majority, a proposal i 8 on foot to widen its scope to include not only any person engaged in pastoral work, but also sugar-growing, the meat trade, roadmending, and <a number of others, as well as all kinds of general labor. '
A WAGES BOARD. London, December 29. The shipowners have definitely refused to discuss the proposal for a Wages Board. The Manchester operative cotton-spin-ners have decided to withdraw from the Brooklands agreement. The White Star Line has increased the wages of seamen and firemen at ►Southampton by 10s per month. KXOX'SUSPEXDED. • London, December 2ft. Knox-, the driver about whom the ■Xorth Eastern Railway strike recently occurred, has - been suspended for a month for overrunning signals.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 190, 31 December 1912, Page 5
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161LABOR MATTERS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 190, 31 December 1912, Page 5
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