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Show 850,000 WORKERS IN BRITAiN LOCKED OUT L N I ' .. M.i i Ii -,r' i Rv the v - -BOclated PreSJ The Enginecr'.r. Kmplovers federation today posted notices locking but the members of 47 unions in addition to the Amalgamated Amalga-mated Enpinecr:; union The lockout Is to take effect In one week and will affect 600.000 additional men The grand total of the workers affected af-fected Is 850.00b. . The engineering union this mormn-,-decided to ask the mediators to endeavor en-deavor to reMJiiii Informal negotiations negotia-tions with employers. In connection with the shipyards' strike, all the workers In the Tee-lde aflddleaborough yards wer; out toda) Similar conditions prevail In tho yards at Barrow, on the Tyne at Jar-row Jar-row and at Sunderland. |