Telephone workers of the China Electric Ca, tu Medhurst Road were reported yesterday by the "Central China Daily News," organ of the new Fazime, to be planning to "resort (9 ection" this week as. their manage ment had refused to comply wi their demands for an increase of rice allowances. The report indicated that the labour dispute had been going on for some time past and that officials of the Social Movement Guidance Committee had tried their best to prevent workers of the telephone department of the company from calling a strike, considering the importance of that public utility.
week ago, the report stated, more than 2,000' workers belonging 10 the electric department called strike. It was said that 11 demands hod been presented and that negotia-{tions had been held without satistactory results being obtained in favour fof disatisted workers, The new ro~ gime's daily also reported that, the labour disp 2 at the Chung Hwa Rubber Goos Factory in Sieeawel had boon deadlocked, The factory dismissed geveral workers. recently when the workers demanded an increase of wages. The manager said to have refused to attend a meation meeting held under the ssplees of the now regime's offcla's fon Friday. The officials planned to hold a third meeting,
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