U.S. COPPER STRIKE
Emergency Law Invoked • (N.Z. Press Association—Copuriaht) (Rec. 9.30 p.m.) .. WASHINGTON. August 30. President Truman to-night invoked the emergency provisions of the TaftHartley Act in an effort to end the stake of the Mine. Mill, and Smelter Workers’ Union against the Kennec°tt Copper Company. . J strike has virtually halted Unitea btates production of copper, lead, and zinc.
. T .™ man - in taking action, said the strike was costing the defence programme 3000 tons of refined copper daily and would imperil national Sa (? ty j£ allowed to continue. Mr Truman appointed a three-man tac, finding board to investigate the dispute. He ordered the board memtoJ’eß°''i to , hint by September 4. •nj ™ Taft-Hartley Act would enable Mr Truman then to order the Federal Attorney-General to seek a Court injunction ordering the strikers back to work.
Negotiations between the union and the company afe proceeding in the meantime.
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26515, 1 September 1951, Page 7
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