ONE-DAY STRIKE
AUCKLAND SUGGESTION (P.A.) AUCKLAND, May 2. Reports that the Auckland Trades Council has suggested to the national council of the Federation of Labour that a one-day general strike be held throughout New Zealand, with demonstrations in the principal cities, would be neither confirmed nor denied by a prominent member of the Trades Council today. “I have no comment,” lie said. It had been stated in certain quarters that the one-day strike suggestion was contained in a recommendation to the national council to organise trade union action throughout the country (o force support for the proposed wages application to the Arbitration Court claiming a general increase of £1 a week.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22320, 3 May 1947, Page 6
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111ONE-DAY STRIKE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22320, 3 May 1947, Page 6
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