BAND RIOTS AND TRADE UNIONISM.
CAPE TOWN, March 24. Mr Crawford, general secretary of the South African Industrial Federation ‘ who was turned out hy the extremists when a general strike was declared, states that so far as he knows there is no truth in the statements circulated to the effect that n large sum was received by cable from Wasv ino-lon and Amsterdam in swj.pnrt ct the strike On the contrarv. a c.la from the secretary for the Internationa! federation trade Onion;, at Amsterdam stated‘that owing to European, movements and Russian relief support was impossible, and trade unionism on the Land had iccened a severe check. Employers who formerly gave preference to trade unionists are now finding themselves able to pick and choose. There is practically a free market iiTkbor, though they deny victimisation. Municipal trams are now running after twenty-four days cessation.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 17928, 25 March 1922, Page 8
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