SHEARERS’ UNION
PROPOSED WAGES. (Australian Press Association.) WELLINGTON, October 13. The National Executive of the "New Zealand Workers Union advises all workers to accept engagements at the following terms: —Shearers 20/- per hundred with rations; 25/- without. Shed hands and presseis £2/10/- pqr week, 1/6 per hour. All others £2/5/a week and 1/4 an hour. Cooks (12 men or under) £3 a week. Cooks assistants £2/10/-. The general Secretary explains that these are rates the union is prepared to accept in agreement with the sheepwners. He says the reasonableness of them is recognised by quite 75 per cent of sheepowners, who have already expressed their willingness to pay nothing less than £1 per hundred for shearing. The rates proposed by sheepowners are 18/- per hundred, pressers £2 a Week, or 1/2 an hour, all others £l/15/a week or a shilling per hour. Cooks £2/10/-, and cook’s assistant £2.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 October 1932, Page 6
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148SHEARERS’ UNION Hokitika Guardian, 13 October 1932, Page 6
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