Dispute in the Cotton Industry
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A Spectator editorial from December 1911 on the Lancashire cotton dispute, in which master manufacturers locked out about 160,000 weavers. It explains how the Weavers' Union demand that non-union workers be dismissed led to strikes and then the lock-out. It also covers the effect on spinners and on other trades that depend on Lancashire yarn, and a secondary demand for a five per cent wage increase. The writer strongly opposes the union's position and argues from the principle of freedom of labour.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- December 30, 1911
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
- Archive notes
- Reduced to 85% to fit on page
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