Piecework War
First Shot Fired. PROTESTS IN AUSTRALIA. STRIKES AT TWO FACTORIES. [By Cable —Press Assn. — Copyrtfbt.l (Received 15, 8.5 a.m.) Sydney, July 14. A mass meeting of amalgamated engineers endorsed by an overwhelming majority the decision of. the district committee that strikes arising out ot the refusal of the men to agree to piecework should be made in groups of engineering shops to be chosen by the committee. The decision will not operate until endorsed by the Federal council of the union. Meantime the men are calling a stopwork meeting immediately to decide whether independent action will be taken.
An overnight cable stated the first shot in the piece work war was fired when 150 employees of Chuhbs Australian Company, Ltd., struck as a protest against the introduction of the new system. Similar action was taken in Victoria, when the employees of Robinson Bros, refused to commence work under the new daily hiring system.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 180, 15 July 1927, Page 5
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