were in December wight strikes, of which four affected the Wu Shing Tobaces 200 Tungchow Road 440 hands" and employees in foreign dressmaking shops.
Statistics fur the month are as foilo No, Noof No.of of ands working Ais strtkow ato Settlement Fr. Coneeasion 11,300, 91,200 Eh, Cent, All three areas 1
Total Total for th corresponding: month of 1
Of the strikes which oscarred in Franch Concession and Chinese tory, the met important were those affecting the French Transway Company and the B. A. T. Factory in Pootung, In the former instance, employees wal enforce a demand for newt in working conditions A unexpected, because prior to ike, it was known that conble wurest existed among the hold almost daily in Chinese ter~ Fitors. These gatherings were devoid to discussions on ways and means to compel the employers to concede the demands, the granting: fof which in some instances would concessions to Communist ties assisting in these meetings included representa tives of the local Kuomintang narters. A strike committee formed by the Tramway employees arrested a worker on the pretext goa a "running "the ase of this victim however, effected by the Chinese Police. decision reached con December 10 to call off the strike was nleandom day as resail-of ch follow. ced an att apt of the French Police ent an authorized procession strikers were holding. In jarge of thie disturbance, 380 members of thy bor 1 in the hope that the French Tramveay Company would sign a doonment axrecing lo the proposed teri of nettement, They, however, The, dispute Bally and the employees went ok on December 30, It is reported tthe employers granted some all ceonamic concessions, strike, unrest was, certain employees 0 i Electric Construction Company who held several secret meetings and discussed the advisability of following the example of their colleagues in the French Tra way Company. They even went to the extent of formulating seven demands and endeavoured to. tran tit them to their employers through the local Kuomintang. This tion had not completely subsided at the end of the month.
On December 12, twenty-four employees of Woo Chang Tailors Shop, 8 North Szcehwen Road, struck work missal of three Eaforts by: the again. t the axe colleagues.
ral Police to settle th the attitude of the strike Supported by aril Union of Foreign Dress Employees. On December tailors to the number of 3,000 aprely employed in their trade went declared a aymapathetic strike and were atill out at the end the mont On December 28, 300 employees of the Engineering Room of the BAT, New Factors, Pootung, struck work demanding the reins: tatement of one of their comrades recently dismissed owing to unxntis. factory work. Shortage of material resulting from this stoppage led to 0 employees approximately in its being sotthel on December 31.
-On Dee of the Shanghai sation Club and Loh Tyea Foot.
ich, disturbance occurred the entrance to the Stadium where the match was played. When the seronnd the hack pushed for ant those front. deavour crowd were slightly injured and several officers carrying out this duty suffered cuts and bruises.
Bighteen slaughter houses ory. suspended business 2-28 as a protest against an order that these Cstablishments should not be used fas dwellings, About 270 butchers! shops also suspended business from 12-28 to 8 as a protest inst a slaughter tax of $0.20 per ind a veterinary. inspection fee of $46,000 per month in hea of the proposed 'Twelve mutton shops in Chinese'
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