WORK AND WAGES.
•lA-RBITRATIO2r- AND PROFIT ,SHARING. K . „'.' MR. JUSTICE SIM EXPLAINS. . .. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELIINGTON"; Thuraday. ; At the" sitting of . the Arbitration Court to-aay,- Mr.' Justice Sim had' occasion to remark that the Court did not fix wage's on a profit-makiqg basis. Under such' a system men would have to go without wages if there we're no profits. The Court should endeavour to give men fair remuneration for -their work, regardless of whether employers got profit, or not. Profits could only, be taken into consideration in. extreme iases, where an increase in wages, would wipe out the business.
The employers , representative on,, the Bench remarked that frequently, if the Court gave what the nlen asked for, the rcen would' in consequence be walking the streets. • —" .. '
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 153, 28 June 1907, Page 6
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126WORK AND WAGES. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 153, 28 June 1907, Page 6
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