On Dee, 20. a meeting was held at West Gate at which the strikers were addressed by Liu Yung, a representative of the local Kuomintang who told them that negotiations were under way with the company officials, but this meeting it was learned "the parley had come to naught and the unanimous agreement to continue the strike was the outcome.
At this meeting—the fol-Jowing resolutions were passed:
(1) That the Association to render assistance to the French Tram~ way strikers be registered with the Shanghai District Kuomintang.
(2) That a circular notice be went to all Labour unions asking them to render financial assistance to the strikers.
The Commercial Press Ca. Employees Union, the BAT. Factory Employees Union, the—Pootunz Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company Employees Union, the dye shop es union, the hotel em-yees union, the shipping hong employees union, the printers union ard more thin 20 other labour the following "The of the French workers Tramway Ca. have tong been under the oppression of the French capit-lists, The labourers are working under terrible conditions and do not dare to oppose the capitalists. How can such oppression Lo permitted to continue under the flag of "Phe white sun on a blue sky?" The workers drew up 25 demands, which were approved by the Social Affairs Bureau and submitted to the capit-lists, Unexpectedly the capitalists turned a deaf ear to us and oppress-as. usual As the workers} could no longer endure this oppreesion they went on strike on Decemder Later through the mediation of Ta Yuck-sen and the Shanghai District. Kuomintang the strikers resumed work on December 12 on the understanding that the agreement would be signed on December 15, However, the capitalists failed to do so and furthermore discharged number of workers.
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