The Wool Dispute It is suggested that arbitration is likewise
the appro- priate remedy for the differences between employers and operatives in the woOl trade. Here again it might be possible to split the difference between the 9.09 per cent. reduction of wages, which is the " Minimum " demand of the 'employers, and the 7.25 per cent. figure put forward by the men's leaders, though not accepted by the unions. We do not, however, feel very friendly towards this sort of solution by outsiders. It would needlessly impair the authority and efficiency of the revived Joint Industrial Council in a trade which hitherto has been a model of industrial co-operation. IAA Saturday; the" National Association of Unions in the Textile Trade refused to sanction a demand for a strike throughout the industry in the event of any one employer or employers' group reducing wages before a general agreement should have been reached. The executive committee retains "full authority" to deal with the situation.
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