After a respite of two days, the local labour front saw itself again involved in disputes, with about 2,000 employees of Chinese dry cleaning and dyeing shops on strike, The dispute flared up on the afternoon on June 25, when the workers of about 200 shops, both in the International Settlement and French Concession, declared the strike, after making a demand that they be given a holiday on Sundays.
Chinese reports, however. claimed that the strike had been declared because the managements of the 200 shops had failed to issue three days' extra pay to their workers every month, as stipulated in the agreement drafted between the managements and the workers during the last strike a few weeks ago.
Fear of a strike yesterday forced about 100 tea leaf shops in the two foreign areas to suspend business indefinitely. This forced about 1,000 employees out of work. The closure of the shops was the result of a Nantao union attempting to force the managements to review their workers' conditions. The workers themselves, according to well-informed sources. are satisfied with their wages and allowances, but the Union has made an attempt to force the managements to increase the pay of the employees.
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