Word: wages
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...midnight August 1, the strike?technically a mere "sus- pension" due to expiration of all existing wage agreements?began...
Recently, British ship owners and seamen's unions agreed on a wage reduction of ?1 a month for British seamen. The seamen in a number of ports last week repudiated the action of their union officials. Ships were tied up in the Thames and at Southampton. But other seamen were found ready to take their places and in most cases there was only a day's delay in sailing...
Owing to the severity of depression encountered by the cattlemen, herds in the southwest have been considerably reduced. Meanwhile pork prices have soared, and under satisfactory wage conditions the domestic demand for beef has increased. As a result, heavy steers are bringing better prices in Chicago today. On the other hand, the cost of cattle feed-always a most important factor in the industry- has held fairly stable. Some cattlemen expect to see on their ledgers this year the first profits since...
Through the good offices of the Government, a textile strike, three weeks old, was ended. Under the terms of the agreement, the workers went back to the mills at the old scale of wages, pending an inquiry which is to recommend a new wage agreement. The strike was caused by the mill owners' announcement of an 8% reduction in wage...
...cultural" wage, allowing them to "improve their training and social attainments," with annual automatic increments...