BARBERS ON STRIKE.
•NEW YORK, Sept. 11.—The bobbed hair vogue is largely responsible for the strike of barbers in New York and Chicago, who demand shorter hours and a larger percentage of their earnings, 'the strikers admit that the bobbed hair fashion keeps them busier, hut complain that women customers are not -nearly‘as generous with lips as men. and, as.one striker expressed it, ‘‘When the girls go out! all they leave is fragrance. ’ City barbers, or “lonsoriat artists,” as they oil'll themselves, have been receiving a wage of £4 weekly and 36 per cent, of the' earnings above. £8 weekly. • The strikers demand a minimum of £6 and 50' per cent, of their takings above £8 10s. They also dejuand a twelve-hour day and one o’cluuk closing on holidays. There have been several clashes between llie strikers and mm-union men who have attempted to replace them.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16871, 28 October 1925, Page 9
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146BARBERS ON STRIKE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16871, 28 October 1925, Page 9
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