INDUSTRIAL UNREST

Otago Witness, Issue 3148, 15 July 1914, Page 25

INDUSTRIAL UNREST

STRIKE AT WOOLWICH. LONDON, July 7. The Woolwich Arsenal strike is ended, the men having agreed to accept the result of the Government’s Commission of j Inquiry. _ r - ' I In the House of Commons, Mr Asquith, announced that a court of five persona*' with Sir George Askwith as chairman, win inquiring into the Woolwich strike. There was no objection to the man Entwistla ■ (over whom the strike arose) resuming work pending the report of the court. BIG LABOUR COMBINE. LONDON, July 9. At a conference of trade unions affiliated with the General Labourers’ National Council and the Transport Labourers’ Federation, it was resolved to form on* union. It is estimated that the membership will total 400,000. A ballot will bo taken to confirm the resolution. MERSEY DOCK EMPLOYEES. LONDON, July 11. As a result of the Mersey Docks Harbour Board declining to recognise the mea employed in its warehouses and engineering departments, 3000 will strike on Monday. The trade union officials do not anticipate an extensive strike. NEW SOUTH WALES COLLIERIES. SYDNEY, July I. A new development has occurred in connection with the Maitland mines and the afternoon shift trouble. A meeting of the Australian Union Federation decided to support the miners. T' "e is now a probability of the empl , as well as the men, being prosecu.' ... Steps are being taken to prepare a case against the employers for locking out the day shift men. July 11. The outlook is more hopeful for a settlement of the “afternoon shift ” strike. It is stated that the masters have offered the coal miners a 20 per cent, advance on ordinary rates to resume work. July 15. The Newcastle colliery proprietors hava regained the Philippines Government contract for 80,000 tons of coal previously held by Japanese companies. STRIKE AT MELBOURNE. MELBOURNE, July 7. The employees in the State shipbuilding yard have struck, owing to the Melbourne Harbour Trust refusing to recognise tnebr union officials. Three hundred men hav* been thrown idle.