4000 DOCKERS ON STRIKE
Catering Workers’ Threat DISPUTE SPREADS TO NEWCASTLE (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 1.30 a.m.) LONDON, January 15. On the eve of discussions for a settlement of Britain’s transport strike, between 2000 and 3000 London dockers decided to join the 2000 dockers already striking. London catering workers have threatened to stop work if the troops are not withdrawn within 72 hours. The strike has also extended to « Newcastle-on-Tyne, where the transport workers rejected appeals from union officials and stopped work in sympathy with the London strikers.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25084, 16 January 1947, Page 7
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