The Archive · 1941

Other Strikes

Approximately 800 men, employed by smaller establishments, are sti fon strike in the Internationa) Setletent and French. Concession. with another dispute looming. one that will involve several hundred rice' shop employees. The latter have made Tour demands to their employers! these including an' increase of 10 per ent, on their pay of 1997, a rice al-fow ance. general Increase' of $10 to coolies. and special tips to delivery Present disputes include the one at the We) Lee Gentlemen's Tailor Shop Nanking Road. with twenty. work ers Involved; the Chung Twong Dyeing Factory with 30 on strike; the Woo Woo Weaving Factories, in Connaught End Ferry Roads and in Rue Lafay~ eile, with about 000 involved: and fourteen small Chinese garages. both {nthe International. Settlement. and French Concession, This dispute has Involved about 180. chauffeurs. The

fond are for increases in pay and rice demand inal! hose fikes are smi allowances, meade Foreigner Dies from

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