WAGE REDUCTIONS
RESENTE!) BV AMERICAN RELIEF WORKERS NATION-WIDE STRIKES OCCURRING. SUPPORTED BY LABOUR ORGANISATIONS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received This Day, 12.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON. July 7. In protest against the sharp reduction in wages enacted in the new relief Bill, nation-wide strikes of serious proportions are occurring among Works Progress Administration workers. who in many cases are backed by ;he American Federation of Labour. Skilled workers walked off projects in various parts of the country arid it is feared that a total of 150.000 may be affected, with 'possible sympathetic strikes in non-W.P.A. work. The committee of Industrial Organisation is also expected to assist the strike movement, which in cities such as Now York and Chicago will seriously delay public works, large-scale housing and so on.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 July 1939, Page 8
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125WAGE REDUCTIONS Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 July 1939, Page 8
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