COST OF LIVING.
BEARING ON WAGES. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, May 6. Ar. important announcement on the bearing of the cost of living on wage' rates in the Dominion is expected to he made this week by the Minister of Labour (Hon. P. C. Webb). A statement to this effect was made to-day by the Prime Minister (Hon. P. Fraser) It was reported last week that, arising out of an application by the Federation of Labour to the Court, of Arbitration for a fixture for bearing a general case for wage increases, in which the Court would be asked to make an order for an immediate and simultaneous increase in all award wages to meet the increased cost of living, a conference between employers’ and manufacturers’ representatives and the federation was held in Welilington. The decision of the conference was that representation be made to the Government to introduce legislation empowering the Court to amend the wage provisions of awards, taking into consideration the cost of living and economic circumstances generally, such amendments to be reviewed at not less than six-monthly periods. When this report was submitted to the Prime Minister on his arrival at Auckland, he indicated that a Ministerial statement would be issued this week by Mr Webb.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 135, 8 May 1940, Page 8
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210COST OF LIVING. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 135, 8 May 1940, Page 8
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