SHORTAGE OF LABOUR
MOTOR BODY 'INDUSTRY POSITION IN SOUTH ISLAND “After making a tour of the Sou''’. Island in the interests of the motor body industry I find that employer ; are experiencing the same difficulty; • as those in th'e North Island; there is a .great shortage of skilled labour." raid Mr, John E. Hunt, Wellington. pfh.sicle/iT. .of the. Coach, and Mole • Body Builders’ Federation of Em - ployers. ''The shortage is. so actus that employers are carefully, considering malting' an application to the Court -of Arbitration to have the working hours increased to 44 a week.” Mr. Hunt said he had also found that employers its. the south were strongly opposed to the proposal of the workers’ union.to reduce the number of apprentices to men. Employers were sympathetic to the ideals of the Government hi, ttaining youths in industry, - but thfey . thought that the ratio should be one bpy to one.tradesman until the present depleted ranks of skilled tradesmen Were brought up to the requisite number.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19998, 25 July 1939, Page 11
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165SHORTAGE OF LABOUR Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19998, 25 July 1939, Page 11
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