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Friday, February 24, 1922 @ 1900
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Reduction in wages at Ardrossan Shipyard

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 25th February 1972

50 Years Ago
Friday February 24, 1922

In his speech at the annual dinner of Ardrossan Shipyard, the manager Mr. E. Aitken-Quack, said that the reduction of wages was a prime necessity ; he had been trying to get work in many directions and it was impossible to get it at the present cost of producing.

Ardrossan Shipyard : reduction in wages in 1922