POWER-MEN'S DEMAND IN MELBOURNE.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.)
MELBOUENE, 10th June.
The Federated Engine-drivers and Firemen's Association and the electric light and gasworks employees have sent an ultimatum to the employers "demanding increased wages, stating that if the demand is not granted they will ceaae work at midnight on Saturday. If the threat is carried into effect it is estimated that 50,000 hands will be rendered idle in the first week, as factory enginedrivers belong to the association.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 138, 11 June 1920, Page 7
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