WORK AND WAGES.

Evening Star, Issue 14634, 2 August 1911, Page 5

WORK AND WAGES.

ENGINEERS' LABORERS' STRIKE, j Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, j LONDON, August 1. Three thousand' five, hundred engineers' laborers have struck at Manchester for a minimum wage of £1 weekly. The strike affects 9,000 workmen. NEWPORT STRIKE SETTLED. LONDON, Auguft 1. (Received August 2, at 10.5 a.m.) The. Newport uttike was settled after a 22 hours' conference. The terms include the recognition of the unions. DOCKERS' STRIKE RESUMED. SHIPPING SERIOUSLY AFFECTED. AN ALLEGED BREACH OF FAITH. LONDON, August 1. (Received August 2, at 8.10 a.m.) A strike among the London dockers and allied workers' has again broken out. Al 11 b* Tilbury docks are involved, except the Pert, of London Authority. Ten thousand men are idle. The lonic is unable to unload her meat and fruit. The clerical staff enabled the passenger* to secure their biggage. The Peninsular and Oriental, the Blno Funnel, and the Shaw-Savill Companies are affected. The men assert that the masters reagreed oil a uniform rate of 8d an hours for all classes of dock workers, and that the masters now repudiate the agreement. THE SUGAR-GROWERS' STRIKE. MORE PROTECTION WANTED. MR HUGHES'S* PROPOSAL. BRISBANE, August 2. (Received August 2, at 9.35 a.m.) A wire from Childens asks for more, protection for tire free laborers and It states that armed strikers are forcibly removing free laborers, and that work on the sugar farms is suspended. A further hatch of police was sent to Childers last night. .Another report .states that a party of strikers forcibly removed fonr free laborers *ud disarmed the. owner of the farm, who went on the scene with a loaded gun. From Cairns it is reported that the strikers rushed, a cottage where a number of freer laborers were camped, assaulted the inmates, smashed the, lamps, windows, and furniture, and then decamped. One arrest wae made. Several smaller acts of intimidation are reported. The strikers have instituted a thorough system of picketing. Tire secretary of the Labor Federation has received a reply from the Sugar Producers' Association intimating that they are unable to entertain the mem'is claims, and suggesting that the dispute be submi) ted to a wages board. In the Assembly Mr Comer arid that the proposal of Mr Hughe*, (3» Acting Federal Premier, to repeal the doty of £6 a. tor would destroy the sugaT industry and throw thousands out of employment. SHORTAGE OF LABOR- COMMISSION. SYDNEY, August. 2. (Received August 2, at 10.25 a.m.) At tho Shortage of Labor Commission evidence was given by women workers in factories who earn from 6s to lie- weekly. One woman stated that, finding her own cotton, fho earned 6s a. dozen for skirts and 5s a dozen for shirt blouses.