It is estimated that in the industrial troubles in Great Britain more than 700,000 workers are affected and 56,000 are actually on strike.
Employers of the building trades announced a new schedule of wages and hours to come into force on April 14. If the terms are not accepted a lockout may result, in which 500,000 workers will be affected.
A good deal of anxiety is evinced in official circles over the railway shopmen's wage dispute. The employers proposed an extensive reduction and, if it is enforced, it is feared that a general strike of...
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