ENROLLING THE WORKERS BIG SCHEME IN OPERATION
(Received June 24. 8.30 a.m.) LONDON. 23rd June. Mr. Lloyd George has approved a scheme to which fifty trade unions have assented to enrol workers who are not at present in Government employ. Although the enrolment depaitment was only constituted on Friday, special offices are opening to-morrow in over four hundred towns in the Kingdom, to enrol skilled workers, who will sign on for six months, during which they may be % sent to any factory where labour is required. In addition to the current trade union wages, they will receive travelling expenses and a maintenance allowance while away from home. DOMINIONS WILL BE CALLED ON IF NECESSARY. (Received June 24. 10 a.m.) LONDON, 25rd June. !Mr. Lloyd George, in answering questions, referred to the agreement with the trade unions to tiansfer workers where required. The only acute shortage was in "skilled woikmen in the engineering and shipbuilding trades. Mr. Lloyd George added : "Canada is the only Dominion fiom which workmen have been invited to join the State workshops, but. should the necessity arise, I will not hesitate to take a similar step with the other Dominions."
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 148, 24 June 1915, Page 7
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193ENROLLING THE WORKERS BIG SCHEME IN OPERATION Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 148, 24 June 1915, Page 7
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