Fifteen Year Period Recorded 1,121 Disputes: Report of Bureau of Social Affairs Issued That Shanghai suffered from the staggering total of 1,121 labour, dis-utes resulting in strikes or lockouts in the Afteen-year period between January 1, 1918," and the close of 1932 is revealed through a Feport issued by the Bureau of Social Affairs of the Municipality of Greater Shai "The bureau, in attempting to collate the details of the changes and developments, in addition to the extent of the labour conflicts during that period, has made available to the public a host of interesting statistics.
The year 1926 stands out as the most" hectic one in local industrial circles, with 257 disputes, a number more than double that of the next worst year, 1931, which had 122. The year 1923 had the smallest number, 14, the period from 1918 to 1924 registering " comparatively few disputes on the whole in comparison with the years which followed. The Aetails of the yearly troubles are as|, follows:
No, of Cases Your No. of Cases a 1925
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