CUTTING DOWN
COALMINERS' WAGES CAUSING A CRISIS LONDON, Feb 27. The danger of a crisis in the Brit ish coalmining industry appears to have increased. The coal owner? have decided to give the miners a fortnight's notice immediately after March 31, when the industry will be decontrolled. The loss due to the trade slump and the decline in coal exports, estimated at £2,000,000 a week, which the Government is now making good, will then fall upon the coal industry. It is stated that the owners express the opinion that a reduction of wage* by 20 per cent, to 25 per cent, is necessary in order to put the industry on a sound footing. They favour continuation of State control, at least until an agreement is reached between the ow n .ers an c ] miners.
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Northern Advocate, 2 March 1921, Page 5
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134CUTTING DOWN Northern Advocate, 2 March 1921, Page 5
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