STRIKE IN BOMBAY
WAGE DEMAND BY TEXTILE WORKERS TO OFFSET RISE IN COST OF LIVING. POLICE TAKE EXTENSIVE PRECAUTIONS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (•Received This Day, 11.0 a.m.) BOMBAY, March 4. Nearly 140,000 textiles workers struck after their failure to obtain a 15 per cent increase in wages, which they claimed was necessary to combat the rise in the cost of living. The employers offered 10 per cent. The strikers represent six out of every seven workers. Since the Red Flag Union, which negotiated with the employers, has only 25,000 members, the extent of the strike surprised the owners. The police have taken extensive precautions and have prohibited meetings in the mill district. ' Mr Gandhi, in a statement at Wardha, said there was no connection between the strike and the Congress protest over Britain's war aims. “I am the sole authority to regulate civil disobedience in the struggle which has not yet begun,” he said.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 March 1940, Page 5
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154STRIKE IN BOMBAY Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 March 1940, Page 5
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