A COMPLAINT FROM GISBORNE.
Sir, —I have a complaint to make concerning the way in which men working on the railway construction works are treated. Last pay I drew £7 Bs. 3d. for the month. How does that strike you? I am an elderly married man, and it costs on an average £6 per month to keep myself and family. When I asked 1 for a shift into another gang, the overseer threatened to dismiss mc. Do you call it justice to have only £1 per month after paying expenses? li> is time some united action was taken in regard to this and other matters. Let our slogan be: ' 'Workers of the World, Unite; we have nothing to lose but our chains; we have a world to gain."— Yours, etc., Gisborne. WM. RAY.
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 88, 22 November 1912, Page 7
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133A COMPLAINT FROM GISBORNE. Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 88, 22 November 1912, Page 7
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