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Show many line D AIS It LOST - Lkhor Disputes Are Held Responsible ' taONPnv, Mar to It la estimate 1 that I.tooono working days war foat In Urest HrltalH In March awlna; t labor dlaputee involving JM.0 work era. The principal disputes beln In the enimeerlnf and ahlpbullaln Udue-trlea. Udue-trlea. Cpemployment In March, though still bad. ahowed a further alight Improvement Improve-ment d-eplta the advsrae effect of tha engineering dispute, says tha I-abor tliixette. which publishes tha est I m eta above. Amonsj Industries ahowlnaj Improra nienl were Iron, mining, pig Iron manufacture, man-ufacture, the building trades, tha cotton cot-ton and wool textile Industrie and the clothing trartea. chanvea In ratea of wages reported as reiving taken effect In March resulted re-sulted In a reduction or over 2I1.0oa In the weeklv fulltlme wags of about l .UftOOrt workera and an Inoreaee of i'i"fl we-kly In the wages of about 10(100 others. Cos! miners In Northumberland. Yorkshire. N'orlh Haf ordshlra, north -Wales end Scotland austained reduc-tiona reduc-tiona varying from under I percent to over ft per cent. Ihe paper atatea. |