THE LABOR TROUBLES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1967, 9 November 1889, Page 1

THE LABOR TROUBLES.

: LoNDfj-N, Nov. 4. Twelve thousand men%orkiog at the cement works at Med way and 1000 unskilled labourers at Severn Vallsy ere taking steps to establish a union. The last two hundred of the blacklegs engaged during the strike have now been dismissed by the Hock Companies, each of them receiving £4 in lieu of notice, All dismissed blacklegs have joiued the union, paying fines from JOs 6d to£l Is. The labourers on 22 of jtbe wharves at Wapping will shortly go oat on strike un'psF the wharfingers concede their demand of sixpence instead of fivepence an hour, The dockmen have decided not to clear any ship employing a crew any member of which is a non-union man. Nov, 5. 1 The lightermen have refused to accept Lord Brassey's award, and decided to strike, The dockmen and stevedores are boycotting the masters, who refuse to agree to the men's demands. Nov. 6. A National Trades Council, embracing delegates from al! the unions, will shortly be established. The members of the various unions intend to have a triumphal procession to Hyde Park on Sunday. Nov. 7. Additional returns of the strike fund show that the Australasian colonies subscribed nearly £30,000, and the balance is £7300. The total amount of subscriptions was £44,100. The strike committee have ordered the dock labourers, after November Bth, to refuse to load or unload all ships and barges belonging to employers involved in the dispute with the lightermen. Melbourne, Nov. 5. The stevedores strike has been amicably settled, Sydney, Nov. 7. Two thousand Union miners have struck at Broken Hill against the admission of blacklegs.