BRITISH LABOUR DISPUTES

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 14 February 1921, Page 5

BRITISH LABOUR DISPUTES

GRIMSBX TROUBLE SETTLED

CONFERENCE REGARDING BUILDING TRADE AND EX^OLDIERS.

BY CABLE—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYEIGHT

(Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.) X LONDON, Feb. 12The Grimaby fishermen's strike has ?>een settled, the owners agreeing te recognise the union and confer with it regarding reductions in wages.

Following conferences between Cabi■net and'the'master builders, it is understood the dilution of labour question Trill "he referred to the reeonslruction committee, representing employers and operatives, to which the employers are submitting an alternative scheme proyidingffor the graduation'of labourers to skilled work. Operatives fear a -new sliding' scale of reductions, and employers anticipate a slump owing to a labour shortage.