P. AND T. SALARIES

Hokitika Guardian, 8 November 1929, Page 3

P. AND T. SALARIES

STATEMENT RY ASSOCIATION. WELDING TON, Nov. 5. The following statement was made by the officials of the Post and Telegraph Officers’ Association. “The members of the P. and'T. service throughout the Dominion have already expressed feelings of disappointment and dissatisfaction at the . decision arrived at in the House last iiigjit to withhold any. salary increases from the lower paid officers in the P. and T.. Department. Despite the assurances given in this direction, both inside and outside the House, the claims of these men, which are unassailable, have evidently been sacrificed on the altar of Party politics and political expediency, it is also clear thatj members of the Public Service will (never be in the position of receiv- . ing, a wage which is commensurate witlYtlie value of the services rendered, so long as conditions such as these prevail. As far as the members of the P. and T. Department are concerned they feel that their case adjudicated upon an arbitration basis. It is impossible at the present juncture to give an indication of what action will he taken by the P. and T. servants • throughout the Dominion until the matter lias been fully discussed at section meetings, which will be held at a very early date. One fact which definitely emerges is that the high hopes held by the servants whop the United Party came into office of receiving some measure of justice after seven years of fruitless representations to the previous Government have been absolutely dashed.”