COST OF STRIKES.
FIGURES PROM N.S.W. (bi cable—press association—copyright,) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) SYDNEY, March 2. The president of tlu Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association produced figures showing that there were 47 stoppages in the coal trade of J927, the cost to the miners in wages being £139,21(5. For the years 1920-1927 inclusive the miners sacrificed £5,970,343 through strikes, the highest for. one year being £1,399,000 in 1923, and in two following years £976,000 and £940,000 respectively. The conference discussed the'miners' suggestion in favour of collective con-t-acting. One of the owners' representatives gave instances where this had been tried and found unworkable because everybody wanted to be bosses.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19251, 5 March 1928, Page 14
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