LABOUR TROUBLES.
CABLES.
[Per Press Association.—Copyright.) (•iaeeived Dec. 17, 9.48 a.m.) London, Dec. 16 There is a prospect of an agreement being arrived at by the Engineers' Conference regarding the freedom of management, piecework and overtime. The chief difficulty is over the question of hou: s of labor. Speaking at Parkstone, Dorsetshire, the Hon. T. Brassey said the employers ought to yield something to the engineers regarding the hours of labor, if they allowed reasonable freedom m the managment of their works. He advised the masters to refrain from attacking the principle of Trades Unionism.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 504, 17 December 1897, Page 3
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