CO129-596-1 Strikes 9-1-1948 - 5-1-1950 — Page 37

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Extract from Savingram No. 6 Secret from

the Governor of Hong Kong to the

Secretary of State for the

Colonies dated 12th

January, 1949.

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Except for the taxi strike the labour situation remains quiet. The taxi strike has continued for over three months, and there are some indications that the union, in an ef ort to regain face and justify its lack of sucess, may try to bring about a general sympathy strike involving the other unions of the Left Wing "Federation" of which the Taxi Drivers' Union is a member. Considerable efforts at friendly conciliation have been made by the Commissioner of Labour, but the employers are adamant feeling that they have a strong case. strikers, for their part, are obstinate and embittered by the fact that some "blackleg" drivers have been taken on in their places.

They are

attemoting to give the strike a general "anti- capitalist" complexion.

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