More than 50,000 dockers are on strike in Cardiff, Bristol, Manchester, Southampton, London, Swansea, Grimsby, Hull, Liverpool and elsewhere. London is threatened with a serious shortage of food.
The men have gone out on strike against the advice of their leaders.
An agreement was signed last September providing for a reduction in salaries if the index figures for the cost of living fell. According to the Ministry of Labor returns the fall in the index figure was 10 points for the period September to July, so wages were reduced by one shilling a day. The...
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