INDUSTRIAL SITUATION
DISCUSSION IN BRITAIN
PRIME MINISTER’S INVITATION
OWNERS AND MEN ACCEPT
EMPLOYERS’ PLAN OPPOSED By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 8 p.m. London, Feb. 17. The Confederation bf Employers and the Trades Union General Council have accepted Mr. Ramsay MacDonald’s invitation to send delegates on Thursday to discuss the industrial situation. Mr. MacDonald will meet the delegations separateb-
it is understood that the Trades Union. Council is greatly critical of the employers’ proposals for a reduction in unemployment benefit, a review of the Government’s and the local authorities’ wage levels in relation to the exporting industries and the appointment of a national economy committee to fix the maximum expenditure on social services. The employers also urged that there be no legis-* lation further burdening industry until unemployment had been reduced to 5 pel cent. . . ; ■ . :
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1931, Page 7
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