SUDDEN STRIKE
CHIOS IN SYDNEY IN FELLMONGERING INDUSTRY. Press Association Electric Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, Saturday. The fellmongering industries in Sydney lia\ T c been plunged into chaos by the sudden strike of 750 employees at the five principal Botany fellmongeries. The dispute is due to the refusal of the employers to restore the 10 j)er cent AA'age cut imposed some time ago by the court. The busiest time of the year Avas selected for the hold-up, and the employers declare that if the strike lasts three days, 70,000 skins, valued at £35,000, Avill be rendered Avorthlcss. TROUBLE SPREADS. SYDNEY, Sunday. There are noAv 1400 men idle as a result of the strike. The avool and basil Avorkers ceased operations on Friday. Eight hundred are on strike and 600 Avere dismissed as a result. An early settlement of the trouble seems unlikely, and the trouble may inA r olve the butchers’, tanners’, storemen’s, packers’ and road transport unions. The Chamber of Manufacturers passed the folloAA'ing resolution:—“After cleaning up the Avork in hand, the best course Avould be to close the works. ’ ’ In order to preA r ent the spread of disorganisation, slaughtering Avill be continued in the meantime. The State Government is poAverless, as the dispute affects a Federal aAvard, but in vieAV of the fact that thousands of State Avorkers are affected by the extension of the trouble the Minister of Labour is Avatching events closely.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 25 September 1933, Page 5
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