JNF-The-Working-Class-Struggle-of-Half-a-Century
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a very different matter. Rather, there was fear that the malady would<br />
spread. Speculation was afloat as to whether the estates would follow<br />
the example <strong>of</strong> the factory in cutting the wages <strong>of</strong> the estate workers<br />
Estate Workers (postcard by A. Moure Losada)<br />
Chastisement by Scorpions<br />
In April 1930, the workers returned to the job. <strong>The</strong>y probably saw no<br />
other alternative. Next to the workmen themselves, who were victims<br />
<strong>of</strong> industrial and economic conditions - no one was more intensely hurt<br />
than the agency which was urging the workers to organise so as to foster<br />
their individual welfare and their collective protection. This was <strong>The</strong><br />
Union Messenger. <strong>The</strong> events <strong>of</strong> the week had embittered <strong>The</strong> Messenger.<br />
It felt that an outrage had been committed on the workers. Here is<br />
the narrative along with impressions it related on the 23 rd April 1930<br />
under the heading “Cracking the Whip.”<br />
This week we place on record the fact that the labourers have<br />
returned to their work. <strong>The</strong> story has a tail. Like every sin whether <strong>of</strong><br />
commission or omission, this one was not to go unpunished... <strong>The</strong>y have<br />
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