WHAT WATERSIDERS ARE LOSING OVER FIVE-DAY WEEK
AUCKLAND, Dec. 2. Loss through rain of a morning's work today further handicapped Auck land shipping companies in their elTorts to keep the ships moving during the iicwlv imposed 40-hour waterfroni working week. Cargo handling was not iiiterrupted during the afternoon. but as on Friday no overtime was worked after 5 p.m. Two ships, the Eualiine and the phosphate stcamer Sainstrac, were at auclior in the streaiu waiting for berths. The departure of three overseas ships by Wednesday should release berths for botli vessels and no further vessels will move to anchorage unfil later in the week. Assessiug pay at tlie basic rate of 3s 5Id an liour the Auckland watersiders will obtain the sum of £6 18s 4d for a week of 40 liours. The deduction of security taxes and sick benefit fund money will leave a net £(> 3s -kl a week. Workers who in the past have accepted overtime on iive nights each week and worked on fSaturday morniiigs have gained from these sources alone £4 15s. Tlie gross loss of wages 011 tlie Auckland' waterfront for this week is. therefore, expeeted to total several thousand pounds.
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 December 1946, Page 7
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