COALMINERS' OFFER
ASSISTING WAR EFFORT. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, March 18. A meeting of 10,000 coalminers employed in the Bolsover colliery, Nottinghamshire, unanimously agreed to forgo a large part of their holidays in order to increase the British production of coal. The men agreed to reduce their Easter holidays by half, to forgo part of the summer holidays of one week, and to work on alternate Saturdays. In return the colliery company guarantees no lowering of the basic wage rates during ihe war, and that the men will receive the same amount from their summer holiday savings fund as if they had taken a full holiday.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 95, 20 March 1940, Page 9
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106COALMINERS' OFFER Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 95, 20 March 1940, Page 9
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