WAGES AND COST OF LIVING
Tl\o Council of tho London Chatnlvr of Commerce has adonVed unanimously a resolution stronsly depMC<i(in« action on tho pnrt of any section of tho mwmuiiity which retards the production, and distribution of iiwvcasod supplies of commodities of-nil classes. Tho council calls upon the Government W aiM»PO> in coniunctiou with thoiv AlliMi )<iv the speedy liberation of iw nwjoli.li, so that full work may be avaiUMo. fov all classes of workmen \W\Ac\- *\\<&\ conditions of hours oi- work and wmfflievalion as may provide for the tavfosl rt\ul most ppci'dv elficieiit vo (■WbW. (m> home' and export trade to W extendod. and iii-Ktd Iho desirability of wiling up ii competent Irilmiwl, repmeMiUß all interests, to report without delay oh tho true proportion that wmm-os tOunild hear to tho cost of livinß. The council furllicr sußßOsled "thai, in the meantime, all interests shall agree to resume and continue work to the nlmoet of their power, on the undertaking that any iindiiißS of this tribunal shall be made retrospective from tho dale on which work is resumed."
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 204, 23 May 1919, Page 8
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177WAGES AND COST OF LIVING Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 204, 23 May 1919, Page 8
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