We have written in a leading article about the unauthorized
Etrike on the Underground Railways, which is in essence a threat to Trade Unionism. Here we need only record briefly a few of the main facts. The strike began with N.U.R. men employed at the power stations and in the railway shops. Through a committee of eight (apparently self-appointed) they put forward demands for an increase of 12s. a week with a minimum wage of £3 a week ; for the merging of the remaining 16s. 6d. of the War bonus in the basic wage ; for a week's holiday with pay each year ; and for a guaranteed day and a guaranteed week for all shopmen. The strike began at midnight on Wednesday, June 4th, and about 7,000 traffic workers joined the power station men and the shopmen. On Thursday, June 5th, numerous Underground stations were closed,- and there was much congestion and confusion--all the greater because the partial stoppage of trains had been quite unexpected. The next day more stations were closed, and the Central London Railway stopped working altogether.
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