WAGE REDUCTIONS
• ACCEPTED BY RAILWAY EMPLOYEES. TRIUMPH FOR. BRITISH COM MON - SENSE. . United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, July 27. The conference between the Great. Western, London, Midland and Scottish, London and North-Eastern, and Southern Railway Companies with the Railway Clerks’ Association, and the Society of Engineers and Firemen, resulted in the employees accepting a wages reduction of 2j per cent, involving £2,000,000. The directors offer to participate in the reduction. Mr J. H. Thomas (Labour) said: “It is historic and must affect the future relations of capital and labour. It is a triumph for British common sense. Mr Bromley said he was .at first perturbed and withdrew from the negotiations, but. he now felt the settlement was good. The railway directors express satisfaction at the settlement.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 30 July 1928, Page 7
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