Austrian Printing Trade Strike
A grea" str'.ke of 20,000 workers in the Austrian printing trades took place iin September, a.v.-l concluded successfully after a fortnight's cessation of work.
The; direct occasion of tn?s conflict was the employers' rejection of all the 'demands of the Union. Tills touic p!a<\? on September 1. On Sop! em-' l>er 12 the General Federation of Austrian Trade Unions came to their a*rt by issuing to the 'work-era unaffected l.y the conflict, an urgent uppeal, calling for strong financial support. Tile: result was so satisfactory that .only bvo days later , iho employers were 'compcllod to give in. The vvages of .the workers, wh 0 &io divided hiu> 12. v/ages classes, ranging for skilled 'workers, from 80,000 i.o 165,000 kronen per week", and tor unskilled workers from 40,000.. to 112,000 kronen, were increased 80 per cent, along the-.whole line.
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 12, Issue 303, 20 December 1922, Page 11
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142Austrian Printing Trade Strike Maoriland Worker, Volume 12, Issue 303, 20 December 1922, Page 11
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