FURTHER WAGES APPLICATION MAY BE CONSIDERED
^ TRADES UNIONS TO DISCUSS POSITION ' WElilNGToN, Aug.' 19. ' ' It was stated officially today that the whole Trades' Union movement will have to consider whether a further wages application will be made to the Arbitration Court after the effect of the Budget has been assessed. In due course the National Council of the Federation of Labour will examine the Court's wages pronouncefnent. No date for ihe meeting has yet been fixed but the discussion will have to consider the incidence of taxation as well as increases in the eost of goods and services as a result of the withdrawal of subsidies. It was stated today that the Trade Union movtemenit will cooperate in securing an increased volume of goods and services in an effort to increase purchasing power, and it was explained officially that these goods would, in the opinion of the Trade Union movement, be increased with the number of persons occupied in factories and on the land.
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 August 1947, Page 5
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164FURTHER WAGES APPLICATION MAY BE CONSIDERED Chronicle (Levin), 19 August 1947, Page 5
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