INCREASED WAGES
BRITISH COLLIERY OWNERS’ OFFER SUGGESTED ADVANDES ■ (British Official Wireless) (Received 9th January, 11.15 a.m.) RUGBY, Bth January. Representatives of the colliery owners met the representatives of the Mine Workers’ Federation to-day and placed before them offers for increases of wages which had been formulated by the owners in various districts. The men’s representatives reported to their executive committee this evening, and a further joint meeting will take place tomorrow. The offers vary from district to district. In about nine areas the suggested advances are Is for adults, while 9d is offered in three others. In three districts an advance of 6d is proposed, and in two others 5d per shift per adult worker. The original claim put forward by the men’s union was for an increase of 2s per shift for adults and Is for juveniles, in Scotland and Nottinghamshire advances of-9d and Is respectively are already in force.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 9 January 1936, Page 5
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151INCREASED WAGES Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 9 January 1936, Page 5
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