CO-OPERATIVE EARNINGS.
;—6 ■ , A COMPLAINT FROM TABANAKI, • Some timo ago, Mr. Hine, M.P. for Stratford, drow the attention of the . Minister for Public' Works to'a report ,-.'. in a Taranaki newspaper as under:— . "Thero is considerable.' dissatisfaction '■ amongst the co-operat-ivo men on tho railway works through iho small amount earned per man 'last week; Bomo gangs had as low as 2s. 10d. por day per man. This is really a starvation wage." ' ■-.-..■,-.. The Hon. R. M'Kenzic, in reply, now ■ states tihat lie. has mado inquiry into tho complaint.- He learned that the number of men on tho works was 415. :. that, the period referred to was from , 2nd to 80th June, and that only the. . one gang of four men mado tho rate mentioned. They w-ero very inexperienced workmen; threo of them remained on at tho works afterwards and earned ss. 3d. per day for the next period. All the other parties on. tho work mn<lo the- usual rates. The average for the whole of the works for tho period in question was Bs. 2Jd., and 8s. f, Bd. for. July.. The statement that dis- • (satisfaction oxists on tho works .is incorrect. ■' V i ■•"
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 904, 25 August 1910, Page 7
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193CO-OPERATIVE EARNINGS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 904, 25 August 1910, Page 7
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