MINOR STRIKES

Greymouth Evening Star, 30 May 1946, Page 7

MINOR STRIKES

WIDESPEAD TROUBLE IN BRITAIN

SMALL GRIEVANCES [X.Z.P.A. Special Correspondent.] (Rec. 9.40 a.m.‘) LONDON, May 29. 'A series of minor strikes and strike threats are occurring in Britain. In Yorkshire 16 coal pits were idle for two days, due to alleged delays in the negotiations over a wage agreement with the deputies—the men who control the miners and haulage hands. The majority decided by vote to return to work, but the minority may stay out. In London 700 workers in four cooperative society laundries struck, demanding a minimum weekly wave of £5/5/- a week for men and £3 10/- for women.

In Liverpool 25,000 men and women of the English Electric Company staged a one-day strike owing to the dismissal of the convener of shop stewards.

There is a possibility of a new dock strike, unless the stevedores regain their pre-war right of sons to inherit their fathers’ jobs. The dockers are at present awaiting the outcome of the discussion at the Ministry of Labour between the chief industrial commissioner and the union leaders. Middlesbrough dockers staged a one-day strike because no beer was for sale throughout the lunch hour.