THE GROCERS' ASSISTANTS OF AUCKLAND.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 74, 9 August 1912, Page 7

THE GROCERS' ASSISTANTS OF AUCKLAND.

Throe of the largest grocers in Auckland hare been sitting on one side with their secretary, and two grocers' assistants on the other with the secretary of the union, trying to get an increase of wages, and a few minor privileges thrown in, including preference. To shorten matters, the secretary of the union said they would accept the Wellington award of 50s. per week. No; the master grocers want men— scores of them married with families — to exist on 455. a week. At the same time they expect them to keep a respectable appearance, to be able to canvass for orders, cut bacon and butter to advantage, write window tickets and plate glass signs in white relief, handle money quickly and correctly, push the sale "of good's and carry in their mind hundreds, of prices and make no errors. All this and much more is needed for the 455. We are a long-suf-fering crew, and I am really afraid we lack the happy knack of pulling as one man and all together.—GßOCEß'S ASSISTANT. SPECIAL STRIKE NUMBER, next week. The number to send abroad or to scatter In New Zealand. * # * Jute was dead. —Extract from recent market report. Who killed poor Jute? "I," said the Plute, "With my Ring so cute, I killed poor Jute." —Syd. "Worker."