THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES .
. i RAILWAY UNEMPLOYMENT, l he problem of surplus labour in the Railway Department has reached a point where important decisions must be made. It has been known for years that the service was overstaffed, but ’) no Government cared to deal boldly with this condition. Now the Minister, faced with the deficit of £1,300,C00 feels that he must do something, and decides to dismiss a number of workshop hands, and when the unions express alarm he suggests that all the men in the service should week’s pay towards an unemployment fund. Naturally it is replied that this is not equality of sacrifice, and that it is impossible for the worker on a basic wage to give so much, " .
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 July 1930, Page 4
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121THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 22 July 1930, Page 4
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