:17:09
Come now, boys. Back to work.
:17:15
Ivor, find Dai Griffiths and Idris John
and bring them to Mr Evans' office.
:17:19
- Will we come with you?
- No. This is a matter for the older men.
:17:22
- Home to your mother.
- But...
:17:25
Leave it now, Davy.
:17:27
Well, come.
:17:41
- Why aren't you washed?
- We were waiting for you.
:17:48
The cut is only a few shillings.
There will still be plenty for us.
:17:52
A bit of supper now, is it, girl?
:17:56
It is because they are not
getting the old price for coal.
:17:59
- Come and wash now.
- May we speak first, sir?
:18:04
- Yes.
- They did not give you the real reason.
:18:07
We've been expecting it since
the ironworks at Dowlais closed down.
:18:11
What have the ironworks to do with us?
:18:13
The men from Dowlais will work for any
wage, so all our wages must come down.
:18:17
And this is only the beginning. Watch now.
:18:21
They will cut us again and still again, until
they have this as empty as their promises.
:18:27
- A good worker is worth good wages.
- Not while there are three men for every job.
:18:32
Why should the owners pay more
if men will work for less?
:18:35
Because the owners are not savages.
They are men too, like us.
:18:39
Men, yes, but not like us.
:18:41
Would they deal with you just now, sir,
when you went to them?
:18:44
- No.
- Because they have power and we have none.
:18:47
- How will we get power, then? From the air?
- No. From a union of all the men.
:18:52
Union, is it? I never thought I'd hear
my own sons talking socialist nonsense.
:18:58
- It's good sense.
- Unless we stand together...