WOOLWICH ARSENAL
BRITAIN'S FIRST “STAY-IN" STRIKE DOORS LOCKED FOR THREE HOURS Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, July 3,. (Received July 4, at 1.30 a.m.) Britain’s first “ stay in ” strife* lasted three hours. Two hundred and sixty workers at Woolwich Arsenal ceased work at midday. The doors of one of the largest shops producing bullets and shells were locked. Stewards, representing the men, coni ferred with the department superintendent, 'who agreed that their grievances would receive thorough investw gation, whereupon work was resumed. The chief point in dispute related to the system of fixing payment for piecework. The strikers’ representatives state that there is no bitterness, and once the affair is settled there is cer* tain to he no trouble tor a long tune*
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Evening Star, Issue 22382, 4 July 1936, Page 15
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122WOOLWICH ARSENAL Evening Star, Issue 22382, 4 July 1936, Page 15
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