Tokio, Mar. 28
Considerable interest is being manifested in a case now before the Supreme Court regarding the rights of discharged employees to a discharge allowance.
Some time ago the Gospel Printing Company, according to the vernacular press, discharged some of its workmen who had engaged in a "go slow" strike. The men won an action in one of the lower courts, for a fortnight's wages.
The company officials then appealed the case to the Tokio Court of appeals and won a verdict. In rendering his decision, Judge Aoyaki is reported to have said that employees engaging in a "go slow" strike destroyed the mutual trust which should exist between employers and employees and for that reason were not entitled to compensation upon being discharged.
The men appealed from this ruling to the Supreme Court and labour interests throughout the country are awaiting the final decision with considerable interest. Reuter.
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