WAGE RISE REFUSED

Grey River Argus, 20 December 1920, Page 3

WAGE RISE REFUSED

(Reed. Dcccmuui _-, £.5 p.m') COPENHAGEN, December 16. A conference of representatives of the Shipbuilders and Engineering Unions and the employers agreed to adjourn for six months. tho unions'demands for an increase of sixpence per hour, on the ground of the employers' statement tbat the industry was unable to bear the cost.-

1/10 per hour, or a little oyer 63. per cent, in crease over his wages in July, 1914. At the same time the cost living taken over all groups, shows an average of 78 to 80 per cent, increase. As a matter .of fact, the. 78 per cent, increase is taken over the monthly average, the 80 per cent increase is shown, if you take the average as insisted upon by the employers, that is; the six-monthly average."