RAILWAY SETTLEMENT
LABOUR MEN GRATIFIED. (UNITED PBOTS'ASSOCUTIOH—BY BI.ECTBIO ~.. TELEOB4PH-T-COFIEIQHT.)' 1 (Received July 29th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 28. The railway directors express satisfaction at the settlement Mr J. H. Thomas (Labour) said that it is historic, and must affect the future relations of capital and labour. It is a triumph for British common sense, he remarked. Mr W. Bromley said that he was at first perturbed, and felt compelled to withdraw from negotiations, but he now felt that the settlement was a good thing.—Australian Press Association. [A conference between the Great Western, London Midland, and bcottish, London-North Eastern, and Southern Railway Companies, with tne National Union of Railwaymen the Railway Clerks' Association, and the Society of Engineers and Firemen resulted in the employees accepting a wages reduction of 2$ ner cent., invoiv. ing £2,000.000. The directors offer to nartieipate in the reduction. Mr Bromley, who was representing the locomotive section of the workers, withdrew before an agreement was reached,] ■
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19375, 30 July 1928, Page 9
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