STRIKE SPREADS
Canadian Steel Workers OTTAWA, January 14. A strike of Canadian steel workers, which began on January 11 at Sydney, Nova Scotia, has spread to Trenton, Nova Scotia, and Sault Sle. Maria, Ontario. Today a total of 12,500 men are demanding an increase in their basic wages. In the U.S., the War Labour Board ordered 19,000 striking Pennsylvanian coal miners to return to their jobs immediately in the interests of national safety. Fifteen of the largest coal mines in the country have shut, causing a critical shortage of anthracite coal. Warning Disregarded. NEW YORK. January 1-1.
Disregarding the war Labour Board’s warning to return to work .19,000 Pennsylvanian miners voted- to continue the anthracite strike, involving tin increase in union dues and a wage rise. The "New York ’Times” says martial law may be invoked on the coalfields.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 95, 16 January 1943, Page 5
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