should rescind their decision to en:
Di ing that their employers force a wage cut scheme, neatly, 20,000" silk filature workers Chapet downed tools. on April and declared a general strike, comple workers of two filatures went out an strike first and) were quickly followed by those in. tha employ of n score of other filaturea numbering more than 16,000 in alt, Failure on the part of the file tures to pay the workers according. to a wage schedule agreed upon wae the cause of the trouble, On aes count of the general business depression last year, the Chapet fits tures announced was agreed to by workers on com dition that this should be abolishes fas soon as the silk prices exceeded Ti, 1,000 a picul. "As silke prices have already soared to more thas! Tis, 1,000 a picul this year, workers demanded, that their err. ployers should abolish the wage on At once, but, in spite of thin des mand, the female workers of the Chapel filatures were pai fat reduced rates on Tuosda; The. management of these two filatures refused to abolish the wag cut on the ground that the question, would have to be discussed by thr filature owners of the whole of Shanghai. In view of this, the female workers of the two filaturew then went on strike on Wedn.sday: and, "on the same afternoon, the workers of some 20 other (nature, ambering about 16,000 in all, join> ed them, 'On April 3 groups. of dele ligates of the silk' Slatures labour union were sent out to the various Idlistricts to notify the strikers. that the Union had come to an agreement with their employers to refer Shanghai /Affairs and that the strike had boom fealled off for the time being. This being the case, the workers wore told to go back to work without Idelay, which they did on the follow= ing morning. 4
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