BOOTMAKERS' HIGHER WAGES
AN IMPORTANT AWARD. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Melbourne, August 10. It is estimated that the award of Mr. Justice Higgins, President of the Federal Arbitration Court, will result in an increase of at least ,£70,000 yearly in the wages of those employed in the Australian boot trade. Fully 5000 adult workmen will benefit, the added wage averaging about os. a head weekly, i In addition, increased expenditure has been necessitated in regard to apprentices. The present will be binding only on thoso employers who were respondents in the court proceedings, but the Boot Employees' Federation intends to apply for a common rule to extend the award.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 892, 11 August 1910, Page 5
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108BOOTMAKERS' HIGHER WAGES Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 892, 11 August 1910, Page 5
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