One thousand women, who. Saturday lett their work at the Sui Lung silk filature, 25 Miller Road, resumed unconditi at 5 am. yesterday. As resumption, the Chinese-owned Tung Yih cotton mill, 10 Mokanshan Road, has been added to the ist of industrial concerns closed fon account of strikes. On Sunday 92 women in the spinning depar ment struck in order to enforce a demand for the re-instatement of woman named Zau Dah-shing, who was dismissed because she was an agitator. The dislocation of work that followed caused the sus-Pension of 85 other employees on the day shift. When the 1,154 Yands on the night shift came on they decided to side with the strik-era and also walked out.
There ave secondary demands for a 20 per cent. increase of wages and a reduction of the working time by half an hour per day. The strike continued yesterday.
is reported that the Naigai Wata Kaisha have decided to keep "Nos. '3, and 4 mills closed until the strikers surrender on the - company's terms. The strikers asked [for the opening of negotiations, but were told that they must consent to the management's demands before the mills could be opened. These terms were rejected by the strikers, who subsequently held an indignation meeting and were urged by spokesmen not to weaken, as they would receive support from various inbour organizations and so would not suffer financially,
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