Considerable unrest continues in the labour world as is evident from the happenirs of the past two days. The general increase in the cost of ver depreciation factors.
On September 24, 700" out of, 1,200 employees of the Cotton Mill, 2 Whashing Re struck work to enforce their demand for an increase in wages. As a result the others are idle also.
On September 22, 200 employees of the General Forge Products, Ltd., 30 Lincheng Road, refused to continue. They are protesting against a proclamation by the management that all workers should work 54 hours per week. This proclamation, it is understood, was occasioned because many employees frequertiy absented themselves from their places.
The strike of 60 employees of the Shanghai Silk Spinning Factory, Company, 138 Jessfield Road, continues although the remainder of 600 have not joined them. They struck work because of a 20 per cent. reduction in wages.
Owing to trade depression 1,000 employees of the Ewo Silk Filature, 14 Chengtu Road, were laid off fon September 24. There was no untoward incident.
The total number of employees now engaged by Nanyang Bros., is 491, this being a small proportion those originally at work.
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