U.S.A. STRIKE WAVE
(Rec. 11.40.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. White House announced that the Government is to-day taking over all of the strike-bound oil refineries and other installations of eleven of the United States largest oil companies. Mr. Schwellenbach earlier announced ten days’ negotiations have failed to bring any progress towards a settlement of the oil dispute. <Rec. 11.5.) NEW YORK, Oct. 4. Shipping in the New York port area was brought to a standstill when a three-day old wharf labourers’ strike spread to an estimated 60,000 stevedores -and affiliated union workers. The strike has halted the loading and unloading of over one hundred ships. 1 A spreading coal strike has over 100,000 mine-workers away from the pits.
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Grey River Argus, 5 October 1945, Page 5
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