BIG STRIKE BEGINS
BRITISH BUILDING TRADE GOVERNMENT URGED TO TAKE O VER CONTROL. COMMUNIST MANIFESTO. B.v Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright Reuter's Telegram. (Received July 6, 5.5 p-m.) LONDON, July 5. A strike in the building trades, involving 600,000 men, began at noon to-day. The Court of Inquiry into the dispute began hearing the evidence, under a protest against the terms of reference. The Communist Party has issued a manifesto, congratulating the workers “on their stand against the insolent, arrogant challenge of the building trades employers,” and suggesting that the Government take steps to carry on the 'building of houses for the workers by direct labour, and pay the increased wages demanded by the workers.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11874, 7 July 1924, Page 7
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