WORK AND WAGES.
RAILWAY MEN’S TROUBLE,
[By Electric Telegraph—Copyrightj [United Press association.] (Received 8.20 a.m.) London, September 17.
Though no official sanction has been given to the strike, one thousand more railwayman are out at Birmingham. The local passenger service is affected, and a number of business men are stranded. (Received .9.20 a.m.) London, September 17,
There are now 6000 on strike at Birmingham. All .the goods stations are closed, and all the stations picketed. Every conceivable kind of vehicle including undertakers’ conveyances, are being used to convey food-stuffs.
BIG MOTOR ’BUS STRIKE. (Received 11.50 a.m.) London, September 17
It is announced that 11,000 employed on London motor buses will combine to strike at midnight on Friday unless Tellings will reinstate the men discharged and the union is recognised. In the event of a strike, the issues will be widened and will include uniform wages and re alleged petty annoyances under the garage regulations.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 15, 18 September 1913, Page 6
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