WORKERS ROUTED
BIG' CAPITALISTS’ OFFENSIVE. ANNUAL REVIEW. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright SYDNEY, January 19. The ’ annual report of the Labour Council states that the workers carried out a number of dete; mined struggles for alight improvements in conditions, but to-day they are confront, ed with the position that to maintain; tlkose conditions they will have to fight hard". The first offensive launched by the capitalists routed the ranks of ther.workers, driving them back to longer hours and reduced wages. The report deplores the fact that during the year three big unions withdrew from the council, and no new unions joined it.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11423, 20 January 1923, Page 6
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100WORKERS ROUTED New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11423, 20 January 1923, Page 6
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