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Japanese labour movement on strike 1898

In February 1898; engineers and stokers at the Japan Railway Company successfully struck for an improvement of status and higher wages. In the same year; ships' carpenters in Tokyo and Yokohama formed a union; and a dispute followed with demands for higher wages.

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Title: Japanese labour movement on strike 1898

Caption: In February 1898; engineers and stokers at the Japan Railway Company successfully struck for an improvement of status and higher wages. In the same year; ships' carpenters in Tokyo and Yokohama formed a union; and a dispute followed with demands for higher wages

Credit: Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive

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Image size: 5451 × 3847 px | 60.0 MB

Print size: 46.2 × 32.6 cm | 2146.1 × 1514.6 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: COMPANY • DISPUTE • ENGINEERS • JAPAN • JAPANESE • LABOR UNIONS • LABOUR MOVEMENT • PAY • POLICY • POLITIC • POLITICA • POLITICAL • POLITICO • POLITICS • RAILWAY • SALARY • STATESMAN • STOKERS • STRIKE (WORKER'S) • STRIKE • TRADE UNIONS • UNIONS • WAGES • WORKERS' MOVEMENT