LABOUR DISPUTES
TROUBLE ON PACIFIC COABT HARRY BRIDGES’ ACTIVITIES United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29 This wppk will probably decide whether San Francisco shipping will be held up on the same scale as in 1936. A dozen critical Labour conferences are scheduled, and Mr Harry Bridges has taken charge of the workers fight. The situation is made more serious by growing fears of a break between the longshoremen and shipowners. The Pacific Maritime Federation, formed by Mr Bridges to organise a united front against the shipowners, declares that the shipowners are attempting to split the federation by delaying the renewal of contracts. LABOUR UNREST INOREABING FRENCH WORKERS IRRITATED DEMAND FOR HIGHER WAGES United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright (Received August 30, i pjn.) LONDON, August 29 The Paris correspondent of the Times says that labour unrest is increasing. The workers in the textile industries are irritated at the employers’ attitude to the arbitrators' alleged dilatoriness in considering the demands for higher wages to meet the greater cost of living. _____ _
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Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20590, 30 August 1938, Page 7
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