LABOUR UNREST.
U.S. Strikes Analysed In Congress Report. SERIOUS LOSS OF MAN-HOURS. (Reed. 1 p.m.) WASHINGTON*, Mar. 31. Congress received at noon to-day a report that 22 out of 73 defence strikes were called solely over union recognition or juriediction, while 21 hinged purely around wages and working conditions. The remainder involved both issues. The report was presented by Mr. Carl Vinson, chairman of the House of Representatives' Naval Committee. In the total of 73 strikes between September 8, 1939, and March 2, 1941, he said that 140,291 employeee were involved. In 43 strikes, 1,209,577 man-hours were lost. Man-hour loss reports were not available in the remaining 32 disputes. The Congress of Industrial Organisation wa3 involved solely in 46 strikee, and the American Federation of Labour in 21. The number for both A.F.L. and C.1.0. was listed as six.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 77, 1 April 1941, Page 8
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