SLIDING SCALE OF WAGES.
TO BE GOVERNED BY WOOL PRICES. Wellington, Last Night. The Prime Minister intimated tonight there would be brought down later on a small amendment to the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Bill, validating an agreement come to between the sheep owners and shearers. The I.C. and A. Act provided only for a three years’ agreement, whereas those concerned desired to enter into a, five years’ agreement on a sliding scale, i.e., as prices, advanced, wages would increase, and as prices fell, wages wOuld be reduced.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3855, 9 October 1928, Page 2
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88SLIDING SCALE OF WAGES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3855, 9 October 1928, Page 2
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