LABOUR WORLD

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7399, 29 March 1911, Page 7

LABOUR WORLD

CONTINUED UNREST WHY DID WELSH MINERS VOTE EO(R STRIKE? By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON, March 27. Tho “Morning Leader/’ referring to tlao Cambrian strike ballot, which resulted in the rejection of the colliery masters’ terms for a settlement, soys: “ Men, even beside themselves w ith fury or fanaticism, don’t vote without reason for an indefinite continuance of acute suffering. It is hoped the Boaid of Trade will promptly discover the reason for such action, and take steps to remove It.” AT GLASGOW SINGER MACHINE WORKS CLOSE DOWN. LOiNDON, March 27. The remainder of the employees at Singer’s sewing machine works at Glasgow have struck, and tho factory has stopped work. Some days ago, owing to a dispute over tho wages paid to girls, 10,000 Singer employees in Glasgow went out strike. A STRUGGLE IN CANADA MONEY INTERESTS WILL FIGHT MINERS. TORONTO, March 27. Financial interests are preparing to put up a big fight against the striking coal-miners in Western Canada. They hope to break the union permanently. AN AGREEMENT SETTLEMENT OF TIMBERSTACKERS’ DISPDTE. MELBOURNE, March 28. The timber-stackers' strike has been settled. The men are to got Is 3d an hour and special rates of overtime. The employers guarantee that non-unionists shall not be employed unless unionists are not available. The agreement will operate to November, 1913.