THE LABOR REVOLT.
London, Jan. 9. Four hundred men employed in ten warehouses at the East India docks have struck against the non-unionists, It is reported that the Earl of Dunraven, acting in concert with <he Right Bon. J. Chamberlain, will next session introduce an eight hours Bill in the House of Lords. The tea merchants and wharfingers of the dock companies threaten to lock out the teaman on Monday it the dockers forbid non-unionists to work in the. tea warehouses. If this step is taken it will probably cause a strike of the whole of the Dockers' Onion, Jan. 10. The Dockers' Union is forming a permanent united labor council in opposition to the London Trades' Council. A general strike of the dockers is imminent on account of the refusal to dismiss a man who is in arrears with his subscription to the union.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1994, 14 January 1890, Page 1
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145THE LABOR REVOLT. Temuka Leader, Issue 1994, 14 January 1890, Page 1
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