MACDONALD MINE IDLE
> ♦ INCREASE* IN PAY SOUGHT (P.A.) HAMILTON, April 28. Men employed by Glen Afton Collieries at the Macdonald coal mine did no work to-day, and have decided to remain idle until a,.demand they, have made on the management is met. It is understood that the men did not go to the mine to start work; but a meeting was held in Huntly to discuss a demand on the management for an increase of 3d a ton for machine-cut places. This was to include holes bored free, or 6d a ton increase if they were not bored free. At present the lowest rate under the agreement, whifch has about 12 months to run, is 2s 9Jd a ton. At the meeting the decision reached was that the Macdonald mine would remain idle until the management agreed to the demand. Delegates from each of the Gleo, Afton collieries were present at the meeting.
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23315, 29 April 1941, Page 10
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