STRIKE BALLOT AMONG MINERS
DEMAND FOR INCREASE IN WAGES 500,000 MEN ENTITLED TO VOTE (Received November 13, 10 p.m.) RUGBY, November 12. The strike ballot of the members of unions in ,the Mineworkers' Federation began yesterday and will be continued to-day and to-morrow. The question on the ballot paper reads: "Are you in favour of authorising the executive of the committee to press a claim for an advance of wag\s of 2s a shift for adults and Is a shift for youths, even to the extent of tendering your notice, if necessary, to enforce the claim?" About 500,000 are entitled to vote, and a two-thirds majority is necessary, under the union rules, to authorise the strike.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21630, 14 November 1935, Page 13
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