BELGIAN STRIKES
EARLY END EXPECTED AGREEMENT ON WAGES FORTY-HOUR WEEK CONCEDED (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) BRUSSELS, June 17. A conference, under tlie Prime Minister (M. Van Zeeland) between the employers and trade unionists agreed upon a minimum wage and six paid holidays annually., A 40-hour week was conceded later and a resumption is expected on June 22. Meanwhile the strikes are nearing the capital. Five hundred metallurgical' employees in the suburb of Ruysbrocck are ceasing work. The authorities announce that foreigners participating in agitations will be expelled.
Liege resembles a beleaguered city. Tram and taxi services have stopped. The' use of bicycles is prohibited in order to frustrate the speedy assemblage ot strikers.
Twelve thousand textile workers of Ghent have quitted the looms. Factories in the Vroviers area are stopping, and the heavy industries in Charleroi have been brought to a standstill.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22911, 19 June 1936, Page 13
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