Dilution of Labour: Important Case in Birmingham: A case of considerable importance was heard at a General Munitions Tribunal in Birmingham this afternoon, presided over by Mr. W. B. Yates. The proceedings were against a controlled firm which it was alleged, contrary to the Munitions Act, had failed to notify to the Ministry of Munitions changes in the wages of persons in their employ, and had also neglected to give notice of the alteration of working conditions to the workmen immediately interested. The complaint was made by the Sheet Metal Workers’ and Braziers’ Trade Union on behalf of members of that body. Mr. Willes (instructed by Duggan and Elton) was for complainants and Mr. Comyns Carr (instructed by Pinsent and Co.) represented the defendants on behalf of whom the National Employers’ Federation were acting …
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