CO129-623-1 Rubber Industry- report and correspondence on the labour situation 1-4-1950 - 31-1-1951 — Page 27

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Mr..

Mr.

Mr.

Mr..

Mr..

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Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. S.

Minister of State

Secretary of State

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Your Reference........

refused

Hong Kong Rubber Shoe Workers Union - eglised to accept

đang

the statement

DRAFT.

the

8

the

management

that the closure

was due

hot

to

any

labour dispute

business

Ao a

washers not to

accept

thei

but simply to lack of

Recommended

consequence of this attitude they would not

and

pay

they picketed the factory.

min order

It was a

who insisted

led to police

factory

to keep the peace.

Between

the 9th

I have been

the

srek palice

protection

management

meetings

Suggestions

to prevent

clash between these pickets and Some workers

police being

the

money

stationed in the incinity of

should mention that the

locus Manager and his accountant were severely assaulted by seal

Dame of the pickets good on Die occasion and had to

several meetings

August

and the 29th December praeetings

"arranged by the Hong Kong

and the workers. During

Various

the course

8

these

have been made for the resumption

any of the other workout being paid off.

upon drawing

due to them which

the

Labour Dept between

FURTHER ACTION."

of work,

work, all

all of

д

which failed

because the factory

management state

categorically

are a

not permitted, neither are

they

in a position

to reopen

that

they

factory, until raw material

the factory

again becomes available at an

economic price.

this is ditle prospect of the factory I being