WHY WOMEN WORKERS FAIL

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2126, 18 April 1914, Page 8

WHY WOMEN WORKERS FAIL

"I fiau.tii-o 'iTOtuen in my work-hop but there was a lot of talkin* and talking, so I decided to' ggfc rid of thetf and employ meo," was the statement of a London mastcr'tailor when asked why ho did not employ women. Tho saza'o fault with womon workers has (says an Eugiisu exchange) been found bv etlirr employers, and a firm in tho city recently decided to dismiss alt its Female typisfces and employ male workers for tho same rcasoAi.

At one of the City labour exchanges a representative of the "Standard" was informed-that there scnoiorl to be at present a return to tho condition when men only worked and women stayed at home. "Wo bavo had many applications, largely from tho tailor* iiif* trade," said tlw official, "for malo workers in preference- to female werlsors. ,Ono employer who has about a hundred girls on his premises in various departments, such as paefciug, etc':, staled that ho cnulcl i'ot get tho female portion of TTis st:n. to do, their .work seriously. Where a conscientious giil is To be feat! slio is often worth three or four of tho other kind, hut the great failing of most fnualo workers is said to bo their lack of- appreciation of tho valuo of ■ time, and tho neecwity. for applying thoniselves earnestly to their duties. Perhaps an oxplaiiation af this may bo found hi tho' number of girls who* lnok mi Imsiness-as a mc;ins <o getlintf warrWi, at.. aiiTTalfi -the njaiortly ats suffering for the lrJuorit-S , in tbio'cass.".-