LABOR QUESTIONS.
STRIKE OF FIVE THOUSAND
TAILORS
fPSR PRESS ASSOCIATION. 1 Received May 22nd. 1.40 a.m.
Sydney, May 21. The wharf laborers at Huddart, Parker and Co.'s wharf who went out on strike last week for an iucrease of 3d per hour have returned to work on the old terms.
Reoeived May 22nd, 2 a.ra.
London, May 21, Five thousand tailors in the city have struck work, as a protest against the long hours they have to work, and the insanitary state of the workshops.
Brussels, May 21. The strikers in various parts of Belgium are resuming work.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7870, 22 May 1891, Page 5
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