COTTON TRADE.
A BIG STRUGGLE THREATENING. WAGE-REDUCTION DECLINED! • ' , (BT TEtEdRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COrYEIGET.) (Rec. August 27, 10.5 p.m.) London) August 27. " Seventeen thousand cardrooni workers at Oldham have unanimously decided to oppose the five , per cent, reduction of wages which the master cotton. spinners navp; decided to enforce, under threat of a lock-out. ' It is expected that other employees in the Lancashire cotton industry wjjl arrive at a similar decision, thus involving the'"trade in one' of the most serious conflicts in its history.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 287, 28 August 1908, Page 7
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81COTTON TRADE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 287, 28 August 1908, Page 7
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