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COALFIELDS BALLOT.

CLAIMS TO BE PRESSED. (British Official AVireless.) Received November 21, 1.12 p.m. RUGBY, Nov. 20. By 409,351 votes to 29,215 in the national ballot the members of the Mine AVorkers’ Federation have authorised the executive committee to press their claim for ail advance of wages of. 2s per shift for adults and Is per shift for youths, even to the extent of tendering their notice. This is the biggest majority in any national ballot in the history of the union. The result was announced after a meeting of the executive at Barnsley, in Yorkshire, and the statement was added that the result was being communicated to the Prime Minister, with the request that he should interview the executive committee. Officials have been empowered to convene a national conference of the union when necessary either to consider the outcome of the negotiations now beginning or to confirm the putting into effect of the result of the coalfields ballot. The situation is very difficult, but the opinion is expressed by the newspapers that, as nobody wants a strike, some way out may be found.

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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 304, 21 November 1935, Page 10

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COALFIELDS BALLOT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 304, 21 November 1935, Page 10

COALFIELDS BALLOT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 304, 21 November 1935, Page 10

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