‘Wage Slavery’ For Jugoslavs
(New Zealand Press Association)
WELLINGTON, June 24
Conditions imposed on the Jugoslavian hard-rock miners who are coming to New Zealand “leg-iron them and submerge their human dignity,” according to the secretary of the Labourers’ Federation (Mr P. M. Butler).
“This is wage slavery of the worst form,” Mr Butler said.
“Manapouri will be the new Siberia of the south.” Mr Butler said the conditions imposed on the Jugoslavian workers restricted their individual freedom even more than in the Iron Curtain country they were coming from. An initial group of 40 miners signed up in Belgrade is expected to arrive in Invercargill by air on Tuesday for (the West Arm underground i powerhouse contract. The men will enter New Zealand on a six-month work visa, and if they prove satisfactory will be signed up on a two-year contract. The contract provides for deportation at their own expense if they fail to comply with a number of requirements.
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Press, Issue 31095, 25 June 1966, Page 3
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