NO LONGER SLAVES.
WORKERS NOW PARTNERS. FAIRn§HARE INSISTED ON. MINERS AND RAILWAYMEN. (Received 8 a.in.) LONDON, Oct. 20. Mr Sniillie, at Bristol, said that the miners claimed and intended to have a fair share of executive control of mines. Mr Harry Gosling said that ho was not prepared again to confer with tho employers, unless the hitter realised that the employee was no longer a slave, but a partner. Mr Robert Williams, at Newport, said that the Government and the employers could make up their minds that the workers would not accept any reduction in earnings. Mr J. H. Thomas, speaking at Derby, emphasised that the right to strike was Labour's greatest bargaining power, which could not be relinquished. The railwaymen requeo'.ec! a share in the management of the railI ways, and he invited the Government to consider the proposal.—Reuter.
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Northern Advocate, 22 October 1919, Page 5
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