...operators will be organised into a trade union—indeed, I am told they already are—and I would like to know if a ship of 30,000 tons is to be held up because the wireless operators are on strike? Of course, that is a matter of law, and it may be all right if the point is in the discretion of the Board of Trade, but I am going to propose to the President of the Board of Trade that in a...
Sir James Flannery: With respect to the meaning of the words "privately owned," if the Amendment of the hon. Member for Eccles was accepted, and to strike out the words "privately owned," the Clause would then cover railway wagons of all kinds. I rose, however, for the purpose of eliciting any further explanation that may be necessary upon the question of the adaptation of wagons that are now specially used for...
Sir William Adkins: ...discharged soldiers who have obtained employment in the cotton trade through the Labour Exchanges, and who are not in a position to have joined a trade union, and, therefore, are not receiving strike pay during the continuance of the present strike; and what action he proposes to take in the matter?
Lieut-Colonel Wilfrid Ashley: ..., now that this cotton dispute is on in Lancashire, he could take some steps to prevent discharged men and their families from starving—discharged men who are out of employment owing to the strike and who can get no benefit from their union, not having paid their contribution for twenty-six weeks.
Sir William Adkins: ...were first of all imposed in the War by my right hon. Friend Mr. McKenna when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer. They were submitted to the House and approved as war measures. They showed as strikingly as anything that was done during hostilities—how entirely differently, what I may call the perspective of consideration dictates the action both of the Government and of the House in time...
...a point as possible without interfering with the revenue. There are particular reasons why we should not interfere with the Wine Duties at this time. Any interference with the Wine Duties would strike our Allies more than anyone else.
...inevitably elapse before communications can be restored to their original condition. The large towns also are reported to be quiet, but there is still some agitation in El Azhar University. The strike of Suez Canal employés terminated on 10th June and since then the situation in the canal zone has been normal. On the outbreak of the disturbances mobile columns were dispatched to the...
Oral Answers to Questions — Hunger Strike (Belfast Socialists).
Sir John Marriott: Is it the case that men belonging to this union are at present out on strike, and the building and repairing of wagons which are very urgently needed are being delayed thereby?
...questions which we have to face at the present time. The two Members who have spoken have spoken often before with the object of discrediting the Government. That is their one object in life —to strike at the Government and let the people go anywhere they like. I am perfectly prepared to meet them any time they like as regards the scheme laid down in the Amendment which they wish to put...
Mr William Brace: No, this is simply the out-of-work fund for South Wales alone. The-strike or lock-out arrangement is an entirely different one. The Committee, therefore, will realise that if our members could have been given that opportunity to produce which they were anxious to have we should not have paid out in 1917 £41,000 and in 1918 £43,000. Why were they idle? These are the replies. One hundred and...
Sir John Marriott: 79. asked the Minister of Labour whether the employés of Messrs. Roberts and Company, Horbury Junction, are on strike in consequence of their refusal either to allow demobilised soldiers and sailors to work alongside the members of the Railway Vehicle Builders' Union or to join the union; and what action he has taken or proposes to take in order that the repairing of railway wagons may not...
Mr Robert Young: ...right hon. Gentleman's Department. I, for my part, have risen for the purpose of offering some comments in relation to a different matter affecting his administration. I trust. I shall be able to strike a human note. The Post Office, the hon. Member for Ince (Mr. S. Walsh) said, was the Government Department which attracted the attention, perhaps, of more people in the country than any...
...did not introduce this Bill, though they had suspended the Eleven o'clock Rule to do so. I presume that the reason was that they had made a proposal to the miners that they should agree not to strike during the next three months, and they would carry out the undertaking given by Mr. Justice Sankey's Commission, and the output should not be reduced, and that they would not do certain...
Mr Edward Shortt: ...is the chief officer of the district, the object being this. A man may continue belonging to a union for two reasons; one, he may be connected with it in such a way that he is bound to come out on strike from sympathy; and secondly, he may belong to a union because it has benefits. He may be insured under the Insurance Act, and things of that description, and you have to decide whether or...
Oral Answers to Questions — Miners' Strike (Yorkshire).
Mr David Lloyd George: As the House is aware a strike has been going on for some days in the Yorkshire coalfields. The question at issue is one of piece rates, on which the Mining Conference last week passed a resolution that all men should remain at work, pending a meeting on the subject between the Government and the Miners' Executive, which has been arranged to take place on Thursday. The last twenty-four hours...
Lord Robert Cecil: ..., can hope to appreciate to its full value the labours and the service for his country which the Prime Minister has performed. As to the Treaty which has resulted, I think the first thing that must strike anyone who has attended this Debate must be that there is no doubt at all in the mind of any of us as to the broad lines of this Treaty. We all know that on the territorial side, an...
Mr Donald Maclean: May I ask the Leader of the House if he can give us any further information about the position of the miners' strike?
Sir Robert Horne: I have been asked to reply to this question. I understand that the engine-drivers and pump-men who are on strike in the Yorkshire coalfields have ceased work in pursuance of a decision arrived at by the council of the Yorkshire Miners' Association. I have no evidence as yet that the men in question are desirous of resuming work.
