BRADFORD DEADLOCK
PROPOSED WAGES CUT REJECTED BY EMPLOYEES Press Association —By m elegraph—Copyright. LONDON, October 21. Twenty-two unions, embracing 150,000 employees in the wool trade in the Bradford district, rejected the employers’ proposals for a reduction of 8.3 per cent, m their wages, 79.67 voting tor rejection and 16.64 for acceptance, while 5.59 were neutral. The reduction involved an average loss-'of 4s 7d out of 54s lOd weekly for men and 2s tkl out of S2s 3d for women. The employers, who had previously rejected a proposal for arbitration, replied regretting that the “ operatives have chosen to ignore the position and 'needs of the industry, and negotiations must therefore be considered ended.” Several firms have already individually given notice of 10 per cent, reductions. A meeting of the National Union of Textile Onions will be held on October 26, and district councils have already been appointed.—Australian Press Association.
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Evening Star, Issue 20313, 23 October 1929, Page 9
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148BRADFORD DEADLOCK Evening Star, Issue 20313, 23 October 1929, Page 9
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