SOUTH AFRICAN MINERS
BALdjOT FAVOURS BIG "SUSPENSE" strike. "Renter. j JOHANNESBURG, February 0. A ballot of all the trade unionists concerned in„,the r ..mining industry. re». suited in a large majority in favour of a declaration of a suspense strike as from last naglit, in order to secure a consolidated increase in -wages and a forty-hour week for surfacemen and, n forty-hour, week for underground workel's. The resolution intimated that the workers a» - o prepared to negotiate with the 'Chamber of Mines, but the negotiaitoons a week.
BIG GULF TO BRIDGE. Renter. (Received February 9, 10.45 p.m.) JOHANNESBURG, February 8. The threatened strike Involves well over 20,000. mine workers, besides others. There is a considerable gulf to be bridged between the parties during the coming week if the strike is to be averted. .
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10509, 10 February 1920, Page 5
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