TEXTILE STRIKES
♦ MORE WORKERS FOLLOW COTTON INDUSTRY NKARI.Y 1,000,011(1 Al'l'Kt TED (i.mtiu fl; ,. s .v., u ,.,. vr ,.,::- ~•. h-rx.;;;, ' I'KL.KLiRA] LI (Received August 19, 8.50 p.m.) i NEW YORK, August 17. j Strikes involving 325,000 addi-1 tional workers were voted on Friday } night in the woollen, worsted, silk. J and rayon knitters' industries by the ! convention of the United Textile ! Workers of America. The conven- I tion yesterday had voted for a ! strike in the cotton textile industry. ! employing 500,000 workers. " J Delegates of the silk and rayon , industries left to the discretion" of : the new executive committee of the United Textile Workers and the; executive committees of their own j branches the time the strikes were ! to be called. The woollen and wor- i sted and synthetic rayon v. orkers, ; however, decided to go out at. the i same time as cotton textile employ- | ees. The convention had voted to • call the cotton textile strike at 72 j hours' notice on or before September j 1. The men are seeking higher; wages and improved working condi- ' t'ions. I
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21247, 20 August 1934, Page 11
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