N.S.W. Miners' Claims For Increases Rejected
- ' SYDNEY, March 24. The chairman of the Central Coal Reference Board today again rejected ihe elaini by the mining engineers and iiiechanics for general wage increases. )ie granted marginal Increases ranging from 6s Od to 10s 5d in certain ciassifi cations to bring thein into line with the metul trades award. Aithough the log of claims made no reference to an nidei'ground allowance the triburial granted an allowance of 7s Gd weekly or New (South Wales mines. The unions asked for a 25 per cent. increase on all wage rates irrespective of' margins. The board considered the : uajoirty of craftsmen in the coalmimng ! industry were paid more than their •ounlorparts in outside industries. It was on an undertaking that a dee.ision on their claims would be made j today that the strike of engineers and meehanies on the Northern coalfields was called off last we'ek-end.
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Chronicle (Levin), 25 March 1949, Page 5
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