There were several lightning: trikes in cotton mills and silk filatures in the same district, About female workers of the Yui Lung Silk Filature, 51 North Soochow Road, struck work on October 19 in protest against a complaint by the management that their work unsatisfactory. They' resumed dition ally a short time later. aM have also had their troubles rly 1,000 employees of the Yui Foong Cotton Mill No. 2 98 Yangtszepoo Road, struck work owing to the belief that one of them, a female, had been dismissed cly the management. These workers were on the night shift of the mill, and when the day shift arrived, they persuaded the also to go on strike.
Tt was explained to them ey believed to be ply away sick, and they returned to their jobs, after having held up the work of the mill for nearly four hours.
A strike of 150 female workers in the same mill, to enforce a demand for increased wages. also occurred. Nine ring-leaders of this strike were dismissed by the man-
ed to work. cement, and the remainder return:
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