DISLOYAL STRIKERS.
MR. WILSON'S FIRMNESS. LONDON. Sept. 15. Renter's Washington correspondent 6ays that the President has notified a group of machinists on strike at Bridgeport, Connecticut, who had refused a wages award
by the War Labour Board, that unless they return to work they will be barred
employment for a year, and not allowed to claim military exemption based on their alleged usefulness in war production. The President characterises the strike as die-
loyal, dishonourable, and a breach of faith, calculated to reflect on the sincerity of national-organised labour, which promised to accept the awards of this board. Illustrating his determination to deal drastically with an unjust attitude either of employers or employees, the President has sanctioned the Government taking over of the gun plant of the Smith and Wesson Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, which refused to abide by a decision of the War Labour Board. i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13967, 28 September 1918, Page 8
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