UNIVERSAL MINIMUM WAGE.
MR.< CROOKS ASKS FOR SOa. A WEEK. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. April 10, 10 p.m.) London, April 10. . In the House of Commons, Mr. Will Crooks, Labour member for Woolwich, moved the extension of the Trade Boards Act so as to afford a minimum wage of 30s. a week to every adult worker in urban' areas and an approximately equal standard to every adult worker in. rural areas. Ho said, tho nation was wealthy and could afford to pay,' and some day the workers would make them pay. Mr. Percy Alden, Liberal member for Tottenham, moved" as an amendment that the House Would welcome legislation fixing;,# minin(vm.j^ere 1 , l wciges I ',are, bei low. the subsistence'"point. Mr. J. E. Robertson, Liberal member for Tyneside,. declared that a universal minimum would be' : an absolute destruction of tho whole principle of the Trade Boards. An; expenditure of JC200,000,000 would be Te'quired to secure a 30s. minimum. The arbitrary creation of a minimum wage would never attain the object in view. , 'i— i ■
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1721, 11 April 1913, Page 5
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173UNIVERSAL MINIMUM WAGE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1721, 11 April 1913, Page 5
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