Where the trade unions have beet mest badly hit during 1926 is fon the monetary side. The general strike cost the Tailwaymen's unions over a million pounds and many other unions suffered proportionate Tosies. In most industries that participated in the strike the work-the trade unions! tious, been in. sheltered industries with few excep-ages, and the employers: the low wages. The British employer's panacea for industrial depression is still a. cut despite the fact that each [wage cut reduces the nation's spend-and reacts adversely on ial prosperity.
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