PEACE IN INDUSTRY
BRITISH COALFIELDS
GENERAL SATISFACTION
{British Official Wireless.)
KUGBY, January 26.
The settlement of the threatened labour dispute in the coalfields has been received with general satisfaction and thankfulness. Newspapers hail the decision of the Mineworkers' Federation to accept the revised offer of the coal owners with relief.
The "Morning Post" says: "The coal owners and miners will be universally congratulated on the spirit of mutual conciliation which has enabled them to avert an outbreak of industrial strife in an hour of national mourning."
These felicitations are echoed in nearly identical language by the "Manchester Guardian." The "Daily Telegraph," rejoicing that there s to be no coal strike, adds: "Instead there is peace, a valuable advance in wages to the miners, and a new and wellgrounded hope for better relations and conditions."
A joint standing consultative committee is the principal concession on the part of the owners, added to the offer they made earlier this month, which the men then rejected. The committee is to discuss all matters of common interest including general principles for the determination of wages.
Referring to the formation of this body, "The Times" says: "It is the best augury for enduring peace the mining industry has known for many a long day."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 23, 28 January 1936, Page 9
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209PEACE IN INDUSTRY Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 23, 28 January 1936, Page 9
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