LABOUR MATTERS

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16987, 9 November 1920, Page 7

LABOUR MATTERS

STRIKE IN FRANCE

,3t Cab'e— Frees Association— Coppig'hl.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) PARIS. November C. Reports from Vicux state that the southern railwaj'men have struck for higher wages. The metal workers struck in sympathy. The suspension of traffic 1 threatens the city's food supplies. ' BRITISH KAILWAYMEN. 3 LONDON, November 7. 1 Mr J. H. Thomas, sneaking at Hull, J?aid the majority of the railwaymen's delegates favoured a strike; to assist the miners, lie opposed a strike U'cause such a step would lead to social chaos and bloody revolution. He did not believe that social wrongs could be removed by a bloody upheaval. The country was never in a more dangerous position. The mass of the population did not know how near the precipice they were. A SHIPPING TEOtTBIiE. ' (Received September Bth. 10.30 p.m.) SYDNEY November 8. Nine members of tho crew of the Commonwealth steamer Billata wero convicted on charges of disobedience and combining to impede the navigation of the ship, and sentenced to from four to twelve weeks' imprisonment each. The charges arose through the cooks refusing duty unless an extra hand were engaged, "and the men refusing to com- ' I rhenco the voyaie without the cooks. ! j The Seamen's Tnion now threatens to " hold a fitopwork meeting to discuss " what action it will take. ELECTRICIANS OUT. ' (Received November Bth. 7.35 p.m.) BFRLIN, November 8. j A licrhtning strike of electricians de- [ prived the city of practically the whole , of its electric licht, and nlso stopped . the. trams. It is reported that the _ ! strikers will provide current for public '_ iiurnoses, intervention by the , C'tizens' Emergency Organisation, 1 which is always rendy in such cases.