ENGINEERING TRADE.
THE AUSTRALIAN TROUBLE.
(BT cable—pbess ASSOCIATION— copyright) (AUSTRALIA* AND K.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Received July 19th, 8.5 p.m.) MELBOURNE, July 19. , The managing director of the Civil Engineering Construction Company, which is one of the largest contracting firms in Australia, has decided to recommend a suspension of the Company's operations when the existing contracts are finished because of the unreasonable demands of the Unions. DAILY HIRING DISPUTE.
(Beceived July 19th, 10.10 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 19. A meeting of employees in the Chubbs works reaffirmed their decision not to return to work under the daily hiring system. A number of strikers announced that they had received summonses issued by the Commonwealth Arbitration Court on behalf of the employers, for not resuming work.
STRIKE IN HARVESTER WORKS.
MELBOURNE, July 19. Members of the Amalgamated Engineering Union employed at the Sunshine Harvester works, numbering about 100, ceased work as a protest against the exemption of the firm from the provision of the award granting a 44-hour week to the engineering industry.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19057, 20 July 1927, Page 11
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