YORKSHIRE WOOL TRADE
WAGES DISPUTE SETTLED.
LONDON, 25th August. A settlement has been reached in the wages dispute in the West Riding woollen and worsted industry, affecting two hundred thousand operatives. The workers will now receive increases of 26| per cent on the basic rates, and 10 per cent, on the cost of living wage, owing to the cost of living figure reaching 155 per cent, over that of 1914.
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Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 50, 27 August 1920, Page 7
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70YORKSHIRE WOOL TRADE Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 50, 27 August 1920, Page 7
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