SELLING FROM WINDOW.
It is common knowledge that some firms have a strong objection to selling goods from tiie window, but it may perhaps be rather, unusual for an employer to go so far as to dismiss a member of the staff for selling goods which are displayed for sale.at prices fixed by the firm (writes the secretary to the National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks). An assistant employed by a clothing firm was actually dismissed for taking a suit oi clothes from the window for a cos'tomer who specially wished to haw the one displayed ; there was no other of the same kind and size in stock. 'When the matter was reported to the Union’s representative in the district, lie immediately arranged for an interview, with the result that the member was reinstated. iH© considered Ills action to he in the best interests of his employers.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 June 1929, Page 7
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150SELLING FROM WINDOW. Hokitika Guardian, 14 June 1929, Page 7
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