DEFENCE WORKERS THREATEN STRIKE
AUSTRALIA’S PROGRAMME
MAY BE HELD UP (Received August 27, 6.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 27.. The Amalgamated Engineers’ Union has announced that unless a settlement is reached of the strike at the Fishermen’s Bend aircraft factory it will be extended on Wednesday to all Government munition works and to the Garden Island naval depot. The effect would be to tie up the Government’s defence programme. STAY-IN STRIKE OF 48 HOURS (Received August 27, 6.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 27. A stay-in strike at the Broken Hill Proprietary’s Lambton B colliery was settled early this morning and the men came to the surface. At Lambton B 47 miners had remained below for 48 hours. They received some food secretly sent down by sympathizers. The dispute arose over the employment of an inexperienced coal loader, Mr Justice Cantor, of the Industrial Commission, had an informal talk with the coal miners’ representatives and colliery proprietors today about the dispute in the coal mines. The Owners indicated that they were not prepared to yield to the recent threats of a general strike or to concede any claims made by the Miners’ Federation.
The conference lasted only a few minutes.
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Southland Times, Issue 23599, 29 August 1938, Page 7
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