LABOUR DEMANDS
FARMERS’ DIFFICULTIES. ALL ROUND INCREASES. BY CAB£iE —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received Oct. 14, 1(0.25 a.m. SYDNEY, Oct, 14. A glut in the potato market has caused further reductions in price. Local tubers sold down to £2 6s 8d a ton; best Tasmanians, £5. banners are faced with 'big wages bills during the forthcoming harvest under the new demands issued by the Australian Workers’ Union. The demands range from 13s to £1 5s pe,r day with keep, according to the quality of the work, with a daily wage of 18s 9d without keep. All casual labour will work a forty-eight hour week and have Saturday afternoon off. All overtime is to be paid at the rate of time and a half, and on Sundays and holidays double time. ?
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 14 October 1924, Page 5
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128LABOUR DEMANDS Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 14 October 1924, Page 5
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