WORK AND WAGES.
[By Electric Tklkoiuph.—Copybigbt.l [Peb Puss Association.] LONDON, September 6, A labor dispute is ooourring in the woollen factories in the north of Franoe. Five hundred delegates, representing two million workers, will attend a congress at Newcastle. The Trade Union Congress, sitting in London, gave a solid vote on the question of legalising eight hours. A congress of oolliery managers has carried resolutions strongly opposing statutory eight hours work in mines. There is renewed agitation among the employe's of the omnibus companies, and a strike 'w threatened. It is alleged that the oompanieß are infringing the agreement arrived at during last strike. Tyne ship-builders have decided to reduoe the wages of 10,000 men by 5 per cent.
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Evening Star, Issue 8614, 7 September 1891, Page 2
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119WORK AND WAGES. Evening Star, Issue 8614, 7 September 1891, Page 2
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