Wage Claims
Sir,—So the poor starving building tradesmen have decided they cannot live under 8s an hour. I know of no building operations in New Zealand where anything less than nine hours daily is worked—soma more than that and.also oa Saturdays. Rates plus a half in overtime the first three hours, and Saturday mornings double time thereafter. Thus they want £3 16s a day, as a minimum, not to speak of travelling time, fares over a given distance, board paid it away in the country, and child benefits. What can the Arbitration Court do—submit and aggravate inflation and confusion, or refuse and cause (probably) a sit-down strike or go slow? No wonder it coats £3 a square foot to build a cottage, and some elderly folk, who had to work for eight bob a day. have to live in some attic with a broken-down gas ring, or similar.—Yours, etc., x J..dRR. Auckland. April 31, 1961.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29497, 26 April 1961, Page 9
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155Wage Claims Press, Volume C, Issue 29497, 26 April 1961, Page 9
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