WORK AND WAGES.
RAILWAYMEN'S DEMANDS. [jsy Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association, j (Received 9.0 a.m.) London, June 10. Railwaymen at Burton-on-Trent have passed a resolution in favor of the eight hours' day, and a minimum wage. Mr Bellamy, President, declared that the National Union programme would stipulate for a general strike in order to compel non-unionists to join. THE CONTRACT SYSTEM. (Received 9.45 a.m.)* Brisbane, June 10. The Cloncurry goldmines' smelters are idle, owing to the refusal of the Union to allow the miners to contract. TROUBLE IN SOUTH,AFRICA. « : '\ .. Johannesburg, June' 9. A strike o'f 'Kleihfontein miners for a recognition of the union i threatens, to, become a general strike, n The South African trade unions have been instructed to draw up demands for submission to the employers before the declaration of a general strike.,
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 30, 10 June 1913, Page 5
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