With a curtailment of industrial activity as indicated earlier in. this report, and with high cost of living still prevailing, industrial unrest con= tinued during August. The Section mediated in nine disputes, five of which had their origin in reduction work by management, one in a demand for increased rice allowance, and three to demands fo beter teat Six eases were settled without the intervention of a strike. The three strikes involved 1370, workers and four establishments. The cases of unrest involved 407 workers and. six establishments. Of the ten establishments involved, six were of Chinese ownership, three British "and one Swiss. Five disputes lasted less than 10 days, two from 11 to 20 two almost one month. 'Tu one case the workers' demands were en accepted. in four partially accepted, and in four rejected.
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