25,000 MEN OUT.
(Received May 31st, 5.5 p.m.) / LONDON, May 30. The strikers number 25,000, out of 150,000 workers involved in the building trades. i f Of the former, -4,000 are skilled i , workers. ." " The dispute, at proeent, only affects the London Master Builders' Association, which has a membership of 300, and doe."? not represent tho whole of tho building trade. Tho men's executive states that tho men aro receiving 15s a week in strike ', . pay, which has been increased to 20s io some instances by local contributors, according to tho wealth of tho local allied trades unions. Of eleven thousand labourers, tho '' ■' .bulk received 7b, and some up to 12s ' 6d.' Many of those who have lately struck ~ are dependent upon street collections, - receiving as low as 2s. Many strikers have obtained employment with "builders outside the Master •" Asssociation. and contribute - towards the general fund. The strike . r exchequer js being rapidly depleted. The ' Employers' Federation repre- - «nt* 6000 members, employing 600,000 .men. The wages? bill is over £7_0,000 weekly.- , ; It U estimated that a national lockI out' would cause a standstill to «50,000,000 of capital, £50,000,000 __ worth of work being in progress. , - '•" - " , - A LOOKOUT.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14982, 1 June 1914, Page 7
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