Labour Trouble In Samoa
p. 12 · Read in the full issue
From Our Own Correspondent
Apia, May 1.
FIFTY Samoans, working at the copra sheds of Apia merchants, recently demanded a rise in wages from 3/- to 6/- per day, on the ground of increased cost of living. The firms refused the demand and dismissed the men. The men, at first, adopted a threatening atti tude and tried to intimidate “strike breakers.” For a few days there was a shortage of labourers, but gradually the trouble fizzled out and sufficient men now ar.e available for work at the copra sheds.