The management answered that if they desired to strike, they would hold them, pointing out that they did not want to be run by their own employees. The entire Chinese staff then walked out, leaving the hotel absolutely without help This forced the management to close the bar and the Tower. Lift service, however, continued with engaged help.
Close en the heels of the employees" walkrout at the Cathay Hotel, the management of Cathay Hotels' Lid. received a communication from the Chinese employees of the Metropole Hotel which slated they would also have to leave their work. The servants were asked if they wanted to leave, and the majority answered the negative, saying that they tad fo do so since the others had chosen the way.
An. official of the management stated yesterday that they were not worried about the strike, since they wore overstaffed and the dispute would allow them to dispense with the services of the unrequired clements. He also added that the strike at the Metropole Hotel was) of wholehearted, about half of ser-Yants romaining in to serve diners. 'The majority, he said, lived in the building and wanted to' continue with their work. was believed yesterday that the strike was being Backed by political influences. since the majority of the strikers had little wish to leave their \ork.. The management of the concern slated most emphatically yester-that they would not negotiate on the terms proposed by the strikers.
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