WORKING ON HOLIDAY
(To the Editor.)
Sir,—-Will you grant me s;Space to give warning to a few of the 40-hour week men on holiday? \ I am one, ofthe old "seagulls," and I and other non-union wharf labourers notice a lot of these 40-hour week men on holiday seeking employment whilst on their holiday. Now we don't think that is fair. They received pay for the holidays and sustenance for those that were not on the work over two months. Now they are down looking for work on the wharf. Only, two months ago the union wharf labourers' walking delegate took exception to their seeking work at the expense of the regular casual workers. He .said if he found any of them out he would report them to the Minister of Labour, but as soon'as Christmas was over they were down here in massed formation. I as well as others propose that after Thursday, December 29, ,all non-union workers should be asked jto produce their levy books when they get paid and let the cashier find out whether they are on Public Works Department wprks, as it is stamped in their books. The non-union labourer did very.-little work before Christmas, and now there is a bit of work coming in the Public Works men are trying to snatch it away.—l am, etc., DIVE AND LET'LIVE SEAGULL.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 156, 30 December 1938, Page 6
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225WORKING ON HOLIDAY Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 156, 30 December 1938, Page 6
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