LABOUR MATTERS.
AMERICAN COAL STRIKE.
("B* CaW»—A«*c>"iatioii—Coprri-ht-S (ATJStra'iJ!; ar.'i X.Z. Cab!<- Association.) WASHINGTON. Dtvombcr <>■ Drasti< measures to redmv the v.se of coal will shortly Ive enforced unless tho miners return to work. All the railroad services will bo cut down by half, the ekvtric lifilitinpc in the pities reduced, and the trams only partially heated. Business hours have been roduppd in many cities. It is fltatod that a large number ef mid-western industries have been compelled to shut down their plants owing to fuel shortage. THE "GO-SLOW POLICY. MELBOURNE, Dumber 9. Tho agents for an oversea vessel stato that the stevedorps working in oversea vc&sels have adopted a pc-slow policy owinp to tho refusal of the owners to accept, in its entirety, the terms of tho watersiders' award made in October. FA previous message stated that the watersidors at Townsville had decided to adopt a go-slow policy- until they were granted an inercarc ot a jvenny per hour for handling special cargoes.~| THE BREWERS' STRIKE. SYDNEY, IVcember 0. The coopers at tho various breweries hare joined the strikers.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16702, 10 December 1919, Page 9
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