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Carters Strike 1913
from: The Times, July 2nd 1913
RAILWAY CARTERS' STRIKE IN LONDON. ONE THOUSAND MEN AFFECTED.
Late last night the difficulties caused by the present strikes on the London docks and elsewhere were compounded by the calling of a strike of railway carters in London, already affecting some 1,000 men. In a grievance of last year, a carman employed at the King's Cross depot of the Great Northern Railway Company refused to perform porter's work. His dismissal led to men employed at Farringdon-street, Poplar, Victoria Docks and Mint-street striking in sympathy with their King's Cross colleagues. Now a similar issue has arisen at Farringdon-street, which has spread in like fashion. The men are members of the Amalgamated Society of Railways Servant, of which a number of Branches have already declared sympathy with the Transport Strike, even though their union is not a part of the Transport Workers Federation.
It appears that workers in other Companies are considering the refusal of traffic diverted from the affected depots. The London and Northwestern Railway Company have declared that they will dismiss any man refusing to work in such circumstances.