TRAMWAYS RETRENCHMENT.
'..- ';/;- THBJMETHOD'CRITICISED. -; : '.'," A tramways' retrenchments scheme' is being carried but .by. the,civic authorities/' said Mr. W.i.T; 'Young,, secretary <of. -.'the' Tramways Union, to. a BoMttioN reporter, "and a' large number, of imen aro being displaced. I do hot : think jit. isj being-flpiic. on.' a" satisfactory; basis, as in'; the service from its inception" ar'e\ being, discharged, while I others whrt ■ have only, recently ''.joined, it 'are being retained.''AVe lipid that length of 'servioe should be" the basis, that "other', things,'.' such as. capability-and'record, are equal. I. have in my mind just how the case "of a man who hasreceived two months' notice. Ho is an has been in;the service from the beginning.*. He is,'.. thoroughly, qualified, and there- is-nothing, whatever- against him, yet other men'.who entered the service later are being retained/ while he is ; dismissed."
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 544, 26 June 1909, Page 5
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137TRAMWAYS RETRENCHMENT. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 544, 26 June 1909, Page 5
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