RAILWAYS AND UNIONISM.
DEMAND FOE- OFFICIAL RECOGNITION. By, Telegraph.—Press Association.— ....'.. ■ (Received May 13, 10.1 p.m.) "■ : : -'\ .'.'■:":'■ : 'j London, May 13. Great meetings of railway men were held yesterday in Hyde Park, London, at Glasgow, Leeds, Derby, Manchester, and Swindon, and in Wales and other, centres, in support of ;i the demand of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Men that the companies should recognise the union's officials in negotiations regarding wages and working conditions. There were 15,000 men at the Hyde ". Park meeting. : , In December last the Amalgamated Society decided to make -a general _ demand on all the companies for the establishing of an eight-hour v day for men engaged on moving traffic, and also for an increase in wages. :,-.' v :'y ; '"-y_ :^ r -.'•'.:■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13487, 14 May 1907, Page 5
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