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LABOUR TROUBLE AT SAN FRANCISCO PEACE OFFER REJECTED (U.P.A.— By Electric Telegraph— Copyright] | SAN FRANCISCO, 6th September, j The labour trouble is growing more l serious. A strike of 7000 employees in j 27 of the largest emporiums is impend- j ing. and.will probably start to-morrow, j The Warehousemen’s Association, j whose employees are on strike, rejected i peace offer A Los Angeles message says that the labour leader (Mr Harry Bridges)' is on trial on contempt of court charges, j arising from the dispute concerning the San Pedro longshoremen. He is accused of attempting to influence the Judge’s j decision by publishing a telegram he ' sent to the Secretary of State for Labour (Miss Frances Perkins) allegedly! threatening a longshoremen's strike if ; the decision was adverse, and also ver- ■
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 8 September 1938, Page 12
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132MORE SERIOUS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 8 September 1938, Page 12
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