TIMBER WORKERS' DISPUTE.
■ » —-- - ' ■— ■ CONCILIATION BOARD'S EECOM3IENDATIONS. (By Telegraph.—Press i WELLINGTON, Friday. ; The Conciliation Board has filed its j recommendations in the timber-work-I ers' dispute. The recommendations ai-j ! feet some 300 employers, whoso places !of business extend over nearly haif the | North Island. The most noticeable I feature of the recommendations is the ! proposed increase in wages to unskilled workers. The minimum wage under i the current- award is 7/ per day, and, I the Board recommends an increase to , I £2 8/ per week, or 1/1 per hour, outside the city of Wellington. FortyI five hours shall constitute a week's work.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 136, 8 June 1907, Page 6
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101TIMBER WORKERS' DISPUTE. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 136, 8 June 1907, Page 6
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