LABOUR UNREST

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20269, 11 August 1937, Page 7

LABOUR UNREST

ACTION BY FEDERATION. MR BRIDQEB OUBTED. 10,000 LONGSHOREMEN SUSPENDED United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received August 11, 11.10 a.m.) SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10. The American Federation of Labour has ousted Mr Bridges from the position of district vice-president in California and has suspended 10,000 members of the Longshoremen's Association for their affiliation with the Co-mmitte'e for Industrial Organisation. OALL FOR A STRIKE. NOTICE TO 30,000 WORKERS. SILK AND RAYON INDUSTRIES. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received August 11, 11 a.m.) NEW, YORK. August 10. The effort of the Committee for Industrial Organisation at the largescale organisation of another Important industry occurred with a call for a strike by the Textile Workers’ Union, calling out 30,000 workers from the silk and rayon industries in several states. PROHIBITED TRADE UNIONB. ARRESTS IN GERMANY. OVER 100 PEOPLE APPREHENDED. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Reoelved August 11, 11.30 a.m.) BERLIN, August 10. Thirty men and women were arrested in the suburb of Neukoelln for allegedly attempting to re-constltute prohibited trade unions. The total arrested on this charge recently is over 100. THE OOALMININQ INDUSTRY. DISPUTE IN AUSTRALIA. ADJOURNMENT OF CONFERENCE. United Press Assn t —Elec. Tel* Copyright. SYDNEY, Aug. 10. The conference between the parties to the dispute in the coalmining industry was resumed to-day. No settlement is in sight yet and the conference has been adjourned until tomorrow. Both parties are particularly reticent, but It is regarded as a hopeful sign that the conference has been adjourned. This is Interpreted to mean that the owners are prepared to compromise if that course is practicable.