IDLE APPRENTICES
(To the Editor.)
Sir, —One of the first things the Government should do now Parliament has resumed is immediately to suspend arbitration awards for a period of,. say, two or three years, so that the thqus.-.ttds of apprentices in" New Zealand may be able to get into work again. A case in point: A member of my own family, who was apprenticed to a leading drapery firm, on attaining the age of 18 was entitled tofsss a week,'1 although he had only served two years. , His employer had to pay him off, as the award rate was_too high. That was over six months ago. This apprentice '. could have taken several. positions that were offered him, .but this.award prevented him from getting employment. There sire thousands idle to-day : all through this obstacle of arbitration awards. Surely it is reasonable fo expect .the Government to remove any obstacle that prevents the. youth of New Zealand from obtaining; employment.—l am, etc., .''■."■-■ ■ :'■ . . GRANDAD"
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 32, 8 February 1933, Page 6
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161IDLE APPRENTICES Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 32, 8 February 1933, Page 6
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