HOTEL EMPLOYEES.
A STRIKE IN NEW YORK. THE GUESTS) HOOTED. ' (United Press Association—Copyright). NEW YORK,, January 26. 1 Demanding the recognition of their union, higher pay and shorter hours, 20,000 waiters, cooks and kitchen assistants went on strike to-night, crippling the service in virtually every major hotel and restaurant in the city. Two thousand strikers led by Miss Jennie Lee, a former Labour member of the British Parliament, who recently arrived, paraded to the exclusive Wal- „ dorf Astoria hotel, where they jeered and hooted the top-hatted and eveninggowned guests. The police guarded all the hotels and restaurants where make-shift staffs are attempting to maintain a service.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 92, 29 January 1934, Page 5
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