DOCKERS’ PAY.
INCREASE IN BRITAIN.
(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Aug. 18.
Another addition to the recent series of wages adjustments affecting important sections of industry and arrived at by means of free and amicable negotiation between representatives of employers and workers is announced. The rates of pay of dockers are to be increased by Is a day from September 20. . , Employers and trade unions in the National Council of Labour have also ■agreed to give joint study to a number of problems, including the partial decasualisation of dock labour and the question of holidays with pay. The adjustments of wages which have been taking place over a part of industry in the past year arise from the greatly-increased tempo of economic activity and also reflect the gradual increase in the cost of living.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 223, 20 August 1937, Page 7
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133DOCKERS’ PAY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 223, 20 August 1937, Page 7
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