EMPLOYING GIRLS
EX-HOLDIERS’ PROTECT. (United Service.) LONDON, January’ 30. 'Two hundred ex-service men, di.s; missed, for reasons of economy from the Unemployment Branch of the Ministry of Labour, protesting against the continued employment of girls, walked in at the usual hour, hung up their coats, and sat at the desks Availing for something to turn up. The officials say that no action will be taken as the men will tire of protesting sooner or later, but the officials of the Ex-Service Men’s Association propose to pay the men’s expenses and provide meals, declaring that seven hundred girls are being retained. An official of the -Ministry of Labour states that Cabinet ordered the employment of girls for such work. LABOURERS’ TACTICS. LONDON, January 30. 'Two hundred labourers at the Liverpool ironworks struck because the employers proposed to place everybody on three-quarter time. The Union insisted upon full time in rotation, enabling those standing down to draw the unemployment, dole.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 1 February 1923, Page 7
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