Wage claim' demonstration by building workers

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On Wednesday the 16th Jamary, representatives of the building trades’ unions presented a clain for 1. 1/6éd per hour inorease to the onployers. To back then up 1,000 builders marched from Marbl- Arch to the omployers' headquarters, and fron there went to to a oass neeting in Friarts Hall, Blackfriars Rde ‘The march was headed by a pipe band and aeputations fron 30 London building sites and from Merseyside, Manchester and Crawley took part. it the ouaployors' headquarters Harry Weaver, general secrctary of the National Federation of Building Trades Operntives, oot then and accepted a resolution pledging support fron the sites for any action called for to back tho clning The clalo,which bas bean denounced as excessive by the bosses, would still leave tho average wage well bolow what tho Ministry of Labour claim is the average wagc.for industry as a wholds