THE COAL CRISIS
EMPLOYERS’ PROPOSALS REJECTED, x FEDERATION’S MANIFESTO. Pmmm Association —By Te)«(fr»ph—Oopjriehl SYDNEY, April 28. A special meeting of the Council of the Goal Miners’ Federation rejected the emEloyers’ proposals, and decided to stand ehind its own claims, which had already been placed before a tribunal. Mr Willis, the secretary, issued a manifesto urging the workers not to be stampeded into a general stoppage. He said that the AllAustralian Trade Union Congress is to be held in Melbourne in June. This conference would probably formulate a definite policy for safeguarding the interests of the workers. He reminded the men that it was remarkable that the previous industrial upheaval occurred during the Nationalist regime, and another was threatening on its return to power
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18541, 29 April 1922, Page 9
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123THE COAL CRISIS Otago Daily Times, Issue 18541, 29 April 1922, Page 9
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