PROPOSAL REJECTED.
THE COTTON INDUSTRY.
HOURS ANB- WAGES QUESTIONS. (Per Press Association-Copyright.) LONDON, January 17. The first meeting of importance in connection with a round-table conference of cotton manufacturers and employees, ended startingly. The employers had not. made any secret, for some days, for their ideas of improving the trade outlook, which entitled a 25 per cent, reduction in wages and an increase in. hours to 52, instead of 48 weekly. The end of to-day’s meeting was that the employes secretly wanted the employees to agree to a communique merely stating that- they had conferred and had adjourned; but the employees’' representative promptly announced the position. The unions straight-away informed the.’ employers that in no circumstances would they even consider hours- or; reduced wages, but were willing to co-operate with any effort to improve l trade and discover the root causes of the prolonged depression. They suggested that a request be" made for a Government inquiry.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 84, 19 January 1928, Page 6
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