No material change has taken vice in the local labour situation although the Chinese press continues to publish announcements, and inhibitions. One of these, ostensibly issued by the Peoples' Training. Committee of the Special istrict Kuomintang, states that labour federations have no right to stop the activities of unions under their control. This is believed to be connected with the recent order to disband sent by the Federation, of Cotton Mill Labour Unions to the Toa Gunny Bag Factory.
The workers of the Japan-Chit Cotton Mill, Pootung, are still on strike. Representatives of the management and the strikers held a meeting at the Bureay of Social Affairs on Spetember 12 but no set-Uement was reached as the management is said to have rejected almost all the demands made.
At the termination of the meeting the Bureau of Social Affairs requested both parties to give the matter further consideration and to make concessions, Tt is learned that the Bureau will call another meeting for September 15, The ikers will hold a general meeting at 2 p.m, to-day.
The workers of the tin foil packing Dept. of the Old B. A, 7. factory, Pootung, are said to be inning to protest against the di missal of a worker named Bau tsou. On Saturday afternoon general meeting of representatives of the workers of the Old. Factory and the New Factory was. held at the offices of the labour: union, The following resolutions: were passed:—1. That further negotiations be made with the management on September 15 over the dismissal of the man and that if no result is attained the workers of the Cigarette Department of the New Factory should suspend work for 30 minutes on the morning of September 16.
That negotiations be made the management over the dismissal without reasonable cause of three female workers of the Old Factory.
3, That the standing committee be requested to discuss the emplos~ ment of temporary workers inthe: Leat Department of the New Factory.
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