The Archive · 1937

10,000 JOIN RANKS. KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES HELD BY UNIONISTS OF STRIKERS

Serious Situation Develops in Silk Industry The difficult situation in'Shanghai's silk-weaving industry, which has been beset by strikes in recent weeks, Was seriously aggravated yesterday afternoon when about 10,000 workers in Chapei filatures joined the Strikers' ranks. These workers are chiefly women and some of them had previously been on strike but had resumed work.

No trouble occurred in the factories yesterday. The new strikes were reported to the Chinese Bureau of Social Affairs, whose investigators will survey the situation this morning.

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