13 NOVEMBER 1926, page 1

News Of The Week

HE prospects of a " settlement " in the coal dispute are better than they have been at any time, if only cause appallingly bad leadership has now left the men e to faCe with a......

1. The Minimum Percentage Addition To Basis Rates Shall Be

that provided for in the 1921 agreement. This minimum to be paid, whatever the hours worked. 2. The ratio for the division of the net proceeds of the industry between wages and......

On Monday The Negotiations Were Resumed At 10 Downing...

and the most important arguments concerned a longer working day. It then became apparent, to the astonishment of the Government, that, after all, the Executive of the- Miners'......

* * * * The Steps Which Led Up To

this situation may be idly described. On Thursday, November 4th, ttic Delegate Conference of the Miners' Federation accepted the proposal that the General Council of the should......

The Government, At All Events, Accepted The Advances Of The

miners as satisfactory, and on Friday, November 5th, negotiations were reopened between the Coal Committee of the Cabinet and the Executive of the Federation. " District......

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