THE LATE STRIKES.
THEIR EFFECTS. (BY ELECTRIC TEMttiUAIMI.— ROI'VUIOUT.) LOXDOX, Octoli'T l,j, JOHN BtMtXKTT. bliour eoiTespondent of the Hoard of Trjt'li- reports thiit tin! il«!tn!iiiil for skilled bihour is stolidity decreasing M Home in re.gurd to chief industries. Eiirlity-six strikes took pl.'icn during August, and sixtyfour in September. Tim Pn.rliii.miMitiiry Committee of the Trades Congress is framing n Hill requiring the assent of two-thirds of a majority to enforce recognition of the principle of eight lemrs ;i. dny, believing that the leaders of the dockers unions have no real control over dockers.
The. Kiverside employers nre organising a .system of giving a certain number of men permanent employment at twenty-four shillings a week, working eight hours a day, with pensions, thus doing away with casual h»n;ls. Pour-fifths of the men already employed, at the, docks are permanent.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3005, 17 October 1891, Page 2
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137THE LATE STRIKES. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3005, 17 October 1891, Page 2
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