LABOUR TROUBLES IN U.S.A.
Forty Industrial Plants
Affected
(Received February 25, 11 p.m.) New York, February 25.
It is estimated there are 25,000 idle throughout the nation as a result of labour disputes in more than 40 industrial undertakings. Two Elgin (Illinois) watch-case- plants are closed through a strike of 600 workers. Boston strikers in 27 shoe plants won a demand for a 15 per cent, wage increase.
Santa Monica police read an ultimatum to the “sit-down” strikers in the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant demanding that they vacate immediately, otherwise they threatened to use force.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19370226.2.94
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 130, 26 February 1937, Page 11
Word Count
95LABOUR TROUBLES IN U.S.A. Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 130, 26 February 1937, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in