Boot Operatives Ask For Higher Wages
' AUCKLAND, Jan. 17. Covering 5000 operatives, draft. claims for. a new award £0 replace that which expires in Mareh, were formulated at a national conference in Auckland last week by the New Zealand Federation oi Footwear Trade Employees. Weekly wages of £7 13s will be claimedM'or journeynien workers or 3s lOd liourly instead of the present 3s 6$d. The workers' claims will be in the form* of a cross citation to claims already tiled by the employers on the basis of the existing agreement. Boot repairers and bespoke workers wlio are uuder a different agreement, will also seek a new award based on 3s lOd an hour for journeymen instead of the present 3s 7d.
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Chronicle (Levin), 18 January 1949, Page 5
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121Boot Operatives Ask For Higher Wages Chronicle (Levin), 18 January 1949, Page 5
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