The Trammies

Industrial Unionist, Volume 1, Issue 3, 1 April 1913, Page 4

The Trammies

Some people have a notion that a tram-conductor’s billet is a nice, light, easy job. The best way to dispel this illusion is to become a conductor on the Auckland trams.

Nearly every car goes up Wellesley Street overcrowded, and during rush times the inside of an Auckland car is about the second worst place to be- in—the worst place is Hades.

If the trams carried the proper number of passengers each trip it would mean more cars, more conductors, more motormcn, more power station hands, more cleaners, more coachbuilders, more engineers, more labour all round.

Tt 'would mean minimising the work and worry of the men themselves, and more comfort for tired workers returning froih toil. If the local tramwaymen made a kick against these conditions, it would be to the interest of other workers, ■who use the cars, to make the fight easy; it -would take up some of the surplus labour and so relieve the competition for their jobs.

Some day the Auckland tramrnies will get wise to this move, and follow the example set a few months ago by their brethren on the Sydney service.