AUSTRALIA'S WAR OF HOURS
ENGINEERING SHOPS IDLE
DARK OUTLOOK IN NEW SOUTH
"WALES.
(United Press Association. —Copyright.) SYDNEY, Ist May.
The conflict between the employers and the unions in the iron trades over the 48-hour week and the Federal awards began" to-day. It is estimated that 500 engineering workshops in the State, employing 20,000 men, will b . thrown, idle. The whole of the men concerned were dismissed at the Clyde works. Eight hundred engineers, boil-er-makers, iron workers and moulders absented themselves, but the members of the Engine-drivers' and Firemen's Unions turned up ready to work on the 48-hours basis. It is estimated that between 30,000 and 40,000 employees in the engineering shops of the State will be rendered idle to-morrow if the employers carry into effect their decision to discharge the employees who refuse to work 48 hours.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 104, 3 May 1926, Page 9
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138AUSTRALIA'S WAR OF HOURS Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 104, 3 May 1926, Page 9
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