CO-OPERATIVE WORKERS' COMPLAINT.
"DOLE US OUT A FEW SHILLINGS.' (U* >'IKLEUU*rIt—I-KHS3 - ASSOC!.M lON.I ' I _ Christ church, February 4. . The co-operativo: workers on. the railway | extension works at Poruett have written at '/ Bomo' length' to the Honrß.M'lCenzie on the eubjeot of the delay, in the payment :nf v.: their wages. -It is alleged that they started :{ that'.they/fiayo''only icceivcil two pays between that date and the ■■■"■ present. .They cannot'iundarstand by whnfc ■.■-/.rnMiod >ofVcalculatioh: ,the« Minister ;Varrivesv Btilio'conciusion-itljit'jwinthly 'pays Varobeing: ; adhered i to.- They ask for compensation for. ;. of contracts between December 24' and January 5,. alleging that they, were- ' willing to .work,, but. were .tiot allowed to do : 6o;-; -The letter is .signed by. 55 men. On ■Tuesday; somo of the. men applied for..an (<dvance of pay, but were refused, and -in ■ oour ; .'Mr,? Campbell,president l of>i - the t:' v the; r follpwiiig*\-\tbl«^anr' T ;tc| §ip - Joseph Ward 1 ; "Co-operative workers, Domett, have not '■ ' received any wages-.for seven weeks.: Please, -sir,-,'would:you. dole us-out. a few ghjliings 'each and keep us believing?"
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 424, 5 February 1909, Page 7
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169CO-OPERATIVE WORKERS' COMPLAINT. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 424, 5 February 1909, Page 7
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