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workmen are the capitalists;

handioraftsmen ara

also merchants, and have no interest in any strike,

and therefore they should be allowed to carry on

their work. Eut it is to be feared that they may

under this pretext employ workmen to work no as to

break the strike, and therefore the above regulation

should be added.

(4) 11 handicrafts on whether they have

joined any union or not, shall conform with any

conditions of settlement of a strike.

(Explanation) While handicraftsmen are allowed to

work during a strike, failure on their part to

conform with the conditions of settlement will mean

that the interest of the workmen themselves ar e

sacrificed to the divergent interests of a small

number of such shopkeeper s.

Therefore in order to

protect the interests of the majority of workmen,

the above regulation is provided.

(5)

Handicraft workers who work at home and

employ no workmen, shall be exempt from any

restriction by any labour union or by these

regulations.