More than 100,000 Workmen Now on Strike: Some Employers Making Concessions London, July 5.
The building trade strike, involying 600,000 men, began to-day at The court of inquiry into the dispute began hearing the evidence for the employers and the operatives, the latter giving evidence under protest against the terms of refer-
The Communist Party has issued a manifesto congratulating the workers on their stand against "the insolent and arrogant challenge of the building trades employers" and Suggesting that the Government should take steps to carry on hi 1g houses for workers by direct labour and pay the increased wages demanded by the workers—Reuter.
London, July 7.
Tt is estimated in trade union circles that between 100,000 and 150,000 operative builders have /hitherto gone on strike, The position in London is stated to be more serious than anywhere else.
It is understood that some employers have conceded the operatives' minimum demands of a halfpenny an hour increase in pay and 'a graduated week—Reuter.
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