AUSTRALIAN MINERS
imfrovement in conditions SYDNEY, Oct. 13. Benefits describcd the eoal owners as revolutionary, are conferred on Australian niine workers in a judgrnent released by the Central Jndustrial Authority, Mr. A. C. Willis, last night. Under the award, the miners will receive three- weeks' annual liolidav instead of the present ten days and also accuiuulated sjck leave averaging fiye (lays yearly. Tlie award is franied sp that eonsistent workers would re eeiv-e tlie benefit. Under tlie present award siek leave is not grauted. "It gives to members of the Miners' Federation in Australia far better couditions than apply to niine workers throughout the world and places tliem industrially at a, great advantage over other workers in the Conimonwealth, ' ' said Mr. W. F. MeNally, secretary of the- Southern Collieries Proprietors' As -spciatiop. He maintains that it means a minimum wage of £7 weeldy for adult underground mine workers, togefher wjth extra holidays and sick leave. 1
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Chronicle (Levin), 14 October 1946, Page 5
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