POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICERS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 134, 2 March 1920, Page 8

POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICERS

! A DEMAND FOR MORE WAGES. ' ( Bt Teleeraph—Press A«aodation. Christchurch, March • 1. ;• The following resolutions wero pessed ; . at a meeting of tho North Canterbury r section of the Post and Telegraph Officers' Association:—"That this meeting of Christchurch officers, whilo duly apprcoiativo of past efforts to ftnproro the :' Btatus of tho service, is yet quite dissatisfied with the scalo of salaries; it considers that tho maximum salary, compatible with tho skilled nature of the : work of officers of all grades, and tha r> - exalted cost of living should be considerably increased, namely, by n 'i'7s incre. ■' ment. Wo also wish emphatically to proj- test against the maximum of JSIBO which is at present allotted to married men, ~ . and a«k that the minimum bo increased ; to ;£255. It considers {he means to afford this reli.of. to officers should be obtained , , from an all-round increase in charges : ' for the services performed 'by the Department on behalf of tho public." A further resolution was carried.: "That the mooting protests against the salary allotted *o temporary employees— viz., 12s. per day for married or single officers —ar.'l we call upon, tho Government to increase the wages "of nil temporary employees to IBs. n dny.