The Trades Union Congress has issued a statement declaring: "An attempt is being made to confuse and projudice the position of the trade ...
Article : 111 wordsThe ultimatum which was served on the colliery proprietors a fortnight ago expired at the end of the night shift on Saturday morning, and the engine-drivers automatically downed tools ...
Article : 703 wordsBelieving that there is some coniusion in the public mind with regard to the conflict that has arisen over the standard weekly hours of work, the Prime ...
Article : 991 wordsThe shipping services are resuming their normal proportions. The president of the Seamen's Union has warned seamen that no person is ...
Article : 487 wordsMany incidents of violence have occurred, and the police are taking strong measures, scores of arrests having been effected. Numerous ...
Article : 724 wordsAmazing silence prevails in London at night time, owing to the difficulty of getting home. Most of the theatres are closed, and yeiling newsboys have ...
Article : 568 words"The issue now is not what the wages of the miners should be, but whether democratic Parliamentary Government is to be overthrown," ...
Article : 123 wordsThe Soviet General Council of Trade Unions has transferred 2,000,000 roubles to the Trades Union Congress as a second instalment of the collection among Soviet ...
Article : 39 wordsAccording to reports, the strikers are concentrating on the second line of attack against food supplies and light power. However, food continues ...
Article : 826 wordsSupport for the strikers in Britain is forthcoming from unions throughout the world, both in practical and theoretical form Donations to ...
Article : 135 wordsThe Jumbunnar Colliery has also been closed down as a result of a strike by the engine-drivers and firemen employed. It was stated to-day that if the ...
Article : 64 wordsThere was a large attendance of unionists covered by Federal awards at the mass meeting held in the Town Hall yesterday morning. The object of the ...
Article : 618 wordsThe executive committee of the Danish trade unions to-day gave the Employers' Association preliminary notice of a strike in support of the British striker's. It is ...
Article : 67 wordsThree important hospitals in London lack electricity owing to the Stepney station cutting off the supply, thus showing the incompetence of the ...
Article : 250 wordsThe House of Commons was thinly attended to-day, barely half a dozen Labour members being present. The Speaker read two letters from the ...
Article : 689 wordsThe Dutch Trade Union Federation is sending £5000 to the British strikers, payable in three weekly instalments. NO FREIGHT FOR BRITAIN. ...
Article : 63 wordsA joint sitting of the International, Socialist, and Labour Bureau, and the Committee of the International Federation of Trades Unions will be held at ...
Article : 63 wordsMany factories in the provinces are being forced to close down owing to the inability to obtain materials. The strike in the steal industry is ...
Article : 204 wordsThe engine-drivers at the Cornwall and Mt. Nicholas collieries at St. Mary's ceased work on Saturday, and the miners consequently could not work. They were ...
Article : 81 wordsThe general federation of Trade Unions decided to financially support the British strikers as far as possible by means of voluntary contributions from the workers ...
Article : 43 wordsOperations at the State Coal mine at Wonthaggi ceased when the night shift finished at 6 o'clock on Saturday morning, and about 1800 men are ...
Article : 245 wordsThe Press situation continues to improve, and the following London papers published emergency editions yesterday: "Times," "Daily Telegraph," "Daily ...
Article : 275 wordsVarious Labour bodies throughout the Union are passing resolutions in sympathy with the British workers, urging an appeal for funds and general support of ...
Article : 66 wordsThe President of the Arbitration Court (Mr. Justice Powers), on Saturday, made available through the Registrar of the Court, the following statement in respect ...
Article : 192 wordsThree large passenger liners, the Walmer, Sophocles, and Ceramic, are sailing to-day with a full complement of passengers. There have been no ...
Article : 54 wordsAfter the steamrs Aeneas and Jervis Bay, which are now loading leave to morrow, no more fruit will be loaded at Hobart for England this season. Four ...
Article : 171 wordsThe Government of Northern Ireland has issued a proclamation, declaring that a state of emergency exists in Northern Ireland. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe "British Gazette" was the subject of a discussion in the House of Commons yesterday, initiated by Commander Ken worthy (Liberal), who alleged that the ...
Article : 226 wordsAt a meeting with delegates of the miners' representatives, the coal mining companies agreed to increase wages by 10 per cent., and the cost of living bonus by ...
Article : 56 wordsThe "Times" yesterday morning stated: "The General Council of the Trades Union Congress has set itself up as a rival authority to the Government. The ...
Article : 78 wordsCoal freights for the Mediterranean have been reduced by 13 per cent., and freights have slumped, despite the rush and vast tonnage available. The price for bunker ...
Article : 56 wordsA conference of representatives of the Victorian Iron Trades Unions and the executive of the Trades Hall, which met on Saturday morning to determine the ...
Article : 289 wordsThe strike of the Federal unions over the 44-hour week was discussed at a meeting of the A.L.P. Executive to-nihgt. The following motion was carried: "That we ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Birmingham newspaper, called the "Birmingham Worker," has been raided and a number of workers have been arrested. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 10 May 1926, Page 10
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