THE LABOUR QUESTION
More Strikes. [bt mbctblo tjslb6jkapjh.— cobtmget;] [Special to Pbess Association.] [KeeeiTedNoT.2o, at 12.15 p.m.] LONDON. Nov. 19. The employees in the spike and nail manufactories in Worcester and Stafford have gone oat on strike for higher wages. The brewing firms at Burton.on» Trent have conceded the demand of the maltsters, and the latter have resumed work. The General Steam Navigation Company, and the London and Coast" wise Shipping Companies threaten an early suspension of the coastal trade owing to the action of the dock labourers. Tilletfc, Chairman of the Labourers' "Union, is organising the Hamburg dock labourers, and inviting them to work with the London Union. A Congress of the Trade Unions throughout Great Britain will meet in January n9xt, to elect a Federal Council. The refusal of a dozen clerks and foremen, at Tilbury docks, to join the Union, as it was contrary to their agreement with the Company, is causing a. strike of 1600 dockmenIn -order to prevent outsiders coming ta work in London, the dock labourer* have decided to close the Union entrance lists&t an early date.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6706, 20 November 1889, Page 3
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183THE LABOUR QUESTION Star (Christchurch), Issue 6706, 20 November 1889, Page 3
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