LOCKOUT DECIDED ON
BRITISH BUILDING TRADE MANY THOUSANDS AFFECTED MEN MAY STRIKE FIRST. (By Telegriph—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (h’uter’s Telegrams.) LONDON, June 21. (Received June 21, 8 p.m.). The National Conference of Building Employers decided on a national lock-out from July 5, to enforce the observance of the national agreement. The lock-out will involve nearly 700,000 men and will probably mean the stoppage of the bulk of building throughout the country. The decision is all the more startling because the National Agreement recently reached was formally signed on June 16. The employers, in declining to endorse the settlement and breaking off negotiations, point out that continuous disputes have been occurring throughout the country. The operati es declare that the employers repudiated their own negotiating committee, and hint that if the settlement terms are not observed they may strike without waiting for the lock-out.
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Southland Times, Issue 19277, 23 June 1924, Page 5
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142LOCKOUT DECIDED ON Southland Times, Issue 19277, 23 June 1924, Page 5
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