TRADE UNION FUNDS
LEADERS' ANXIETY. RESERVE SHOWS HEAVY DECREASE. (Bf Telegraph. -Press Association.— Copyright.) (Received August 22, 8.25 a.m.) LONDON, 21st Augiißt. Owing to the abnormal number of strikes, the effect on the trade unions' funds is causing the leaders anxiety. The reserve funds of the General Federation decreased from £162,210 in 1808 to £13,888 in 1613. There are nearly nine hundred thousand unionists affiliated to the federation. The danger arifses from the growing membership sweeping in less thrifty members.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 46, 22 August 1913, Page 7
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80TRADE UNION FUNDS Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 46, 22 August 1913, Page 7
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