NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE RAILWAYMEN.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15203, 16 October 1919, Page 5

NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE RAILWAYMEN.

MR CLYNES ON THE OUTLOOK

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London, Oct. 14

The Government have resumed negotiations with the railway men in accordance with the terms of the strike settlement. Mr Cramp is of opinion that the negotiations will be carried on with the utmost harmony.

Mr Clynes considers that the next three months will be a decisive period in industrial reconstruction. The workers are clearly pressing for stabilisation of the standards of national life, and are determined that wages shall not recede to the pre-war level. Mr Clynes believes that the Government and other employers can be induced to grant the new standard. He urges that a joint council should be developed out of the existing bodies as tlie best medium of mediation and conciliation. The issue must shortly be faced whether these problems are to be smoothly solved or the country is to be plagued with an endless series of industrial crises. He is hopeful that the workers can be persuaded to give the maximum of efficiency necessary if they are granted improved conditions.