WORK AND WAGES
THREATENED COAL STRnCE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. OTTAWA, March 17. (Received March 18, at 8.5 a.m.) The increased wage demands of the men employed in the Western Canada coal mines will probably lend to a etiike. Negotiations are proceeding, and a definite result k expected on April 1. Thousand! of employees are affected.
THE HARVESTER WORKS. INDUSTRIAL LEGISLATION. HOW TO KTLL TRADE. MELBOURNE, March. 18. (Received March 18, at 8.45 a.m.) In connection -with the cable announcing that the Sunshine Harvester Company ivere establishing a factory in England, Mr M'Kay states that it- was jntencfed for the manufacture of implements needed for the Argentine trade, and previously made at the Sunshine works. The Industrial Disputes Act was responsible for forcing the company to »ake the export section of their trade outside the Commonwealth. The Sunshine works will be maintained at their present size, but they would have been doubled if "the Argentine business had remained here. As the result of negotiations that have been proceeding for sometime, the employers have drafted a scheme for the defence of employer* and non-unionists from joss through strikes. It is proposed to raise a permanent fund of £200,000, the interest whereof will be devoted to the defence of the employers and the support of the Free Workers' Society and the industrial education of free employees. The members of the society will be assisted to the* extent of half their wages in case of a lock-out or strike. It is also intended to found scholarships in connection with the society in each branch of the trade. It is reported that the movement is receiving very strong support. The strikerr. at the harvester worts have already sacrificed over £16,000 in wages. THE OSBORNE JUDGMENT. SYDNEY, March 18. (Received March 18, at 10.10 a.m.) An outcome of the famous Osborne judgment is that an injunction has been made restraining the lllawara Colliery Employees' Association from joining the Coal Shale. Workers' Association. The Australasian case is the outcome of a proposal from the lllawara. Association to subscribs fluids to tlio other Association. TIMBER TROUBLE REVIVED. MELBOURNE, March 18. (Received March 18, at 10.10 a.m.) There is a recrudescence of the trouble among the timber stackers. The masters refused a conference, and thereupon the men dumped the timber on the wharves instead of placing it cm the waggons, 'f/ork is at a standstill, and several vessels are held up.
WORK AND WAGES
Evening Star, Issue 14518, 18 March 1911, Page 5
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