Technical Staffs the result of a strike of the technical statis which began om Jame
casting newspapers were suspended.
suey of thre Taal Chines Phe niviko, which. was declared sympathy with dinmiased workers of the MChina' Times", ended on June declared "that they would only return to Work When a. settle-reached between the the "China Times" smout or by payment. of lo gratuity. "According to the declaration of the strikers, the owners of the "China Times" had displayed no intention of conducting negotiations since the beginning of the trouble about two months. ago.
The strike came as a surprise" to the managements 30 warning er demands had been warved on them prior to the incident, "After the decision for a strike' had been reached late on Tuesday night, the technical workers of the "Sinwanpao" and "Shun-ao" inserted news of the strike inthe columns of the two papers without first consulting the editorial Mepartments,
ment of the "China Times" and the The dispute between the, manage-dismissed workers arose on April 2, when the workers refused print the "China Evening News" for the owners. The dispute veloped when 40 workers were dismissed by the management, Negotiations were, for some time, been carried om between the two par Dut no satisfactory result to both ides was. derived, the part. of the Gen 7 Union and the Chinese authorities thas also failed to bring about an amicable settlement.
'The Newspaper Workers' Union declared tat the constitution of the union forbade any worker to print two pers. gued to' the columns of the "On April 2 the management of the 'China 'Times! dismissed. the entire body of workers because the Intter had refused to, print the 'China Evening News'. " Repeated mediation by this Union and other public bodies has failed to effect A peaceful settlement, We thus compelled to deciare a strike order to compel the management of the 'China Times' to come to its senses. We hope the public will vender us support in order to effect an early settlement of the dispute."
The union further made known the following four demal 1—-That, the, dismissed workers of the "China Times" be immediate Jy reinstated.
2 That wages be paid to the workers in Tu during the period of their dismiss That compensation be paid to the union for losses sustained. through the dispute, goneluded between the "onion and That the agreement fermail
the "China Times" be declared valid.
As the workers of the "China Times" are not members of the union, a party of more than ten dismissed men called at the office of the paper to intimidate the men. to foin the strike, "The party state. violence and upset. the types in the plant. "'Oficers of the Central Police tation soon arrived and arrested one of the intimidators.
As a result of the damage no work could be done in the. plant
the "China, Evening News" plant.
the printing has to be done in 'The trouble war' ended at 4.30 am, on June 3 upon the presenta. tion of an apology to the manage: ment, editorial staff and "reade By the Chinese Newspapers Workers"
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.