GENERAL COAL STRIKE
MINERS’ SYMPATHY WITH STEEL-WORKERS Sydney, Nov. 22 A general coal strike now seems likely unless there is a speedy settlement of the steel dispute at Newcastle and Port Kembla. Twelve collieries were idle to-day in sympathy with the steel strikers. These mines produce 12,770 ions of coal a day and employ more than 3000 men. The men at eight collieries to-day decided to stop work because of the alleged handling of coal from a pit of the Broken Hill Proprietary by nonunion labour. In deciding to strike nank-and-file members, at, a pit-top meeting, instructed their officers to urge the Miners’ Federation central executive to extend the strike to all mines in the State unless there was a* swift and satisfactory settlement of the steel disputes.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 278, 24 November 1945, Page 5
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128GENERAL COAL STRIKE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 278, 24 November 1945, Page 5
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