The Archive · 1941

More Than 2,000

Local Strikes Involve

There are about 2,000 strikers in the International Settlement and ch Concession, half of whom are e employees of the Foh Sing "Tobacco Ca. The brighter spots along the labour front yesterday included the end of the strike at the Hawley and Hazel Chemical Works at 128 Yenping Road, where some forty workers resumed unconditionally after staying idle for a day. No demands were presented by the men.

A number of workers of the "Cheng Yien Pao," at 289 Kiukiang Road, who struck on July 1, resumed work on Wednesday, it was learned yesterday. It was reported that the printers went on strike because of the dismissal of four of-their number and the rejection of their demands for better treatment. The strikers resumed pending negotiations,

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