No Logic In The Claims Of Railway Tradesmen
WELLINGTON, Feb. 3. The Railway. s Department was at a loss to fincl any logical reason wfiy tlie rate of pay fov railway tradesmeji should be increased by sucfi a high figure as 8d an liour, said ,Mr. J. T. Collin in submissions on behalf of Ihe department to the Raihvays Lndustria. Tribunal today. lle was replying to claims by the R.T.A. for a total wage of 4s 5d an hour for tradesmen and for an extra threepence ati hour for ah ajiprentices. Mr. Collin said the A.B.R.H. had al ready presented a claim for 4s ld for tradesmen and for 3Jd extra for apprentices and the tribunal was alreadv aware of the Department 's views, in replies made to those claims. lie submitted that the present claim should be considered in con junction with the wages claim lodged by the A.8.R.S. The estimated cost- of granting the claim was £285,500 yearly.
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Chronicle (Levin), 4 February 1949, Page 5
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