Employees of two moving picture theatres in Asakusa, the amusement district of Tokyo, have re. cently been showing signs of restiveness on account of their wages being in arrears, due to the business depression. The owners, after consulting the employees coa-cerned, came to an agreement to place the business under the joint control of employers ard employees, with the understanding that the takings, after expenses are ra covered, will be divided every day, until all back wages have bees paid The men have agreed, and thi the first time in Japan where any business has been placed under the Joint control of employers and] employees.
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