WAGES CUTS
"NOT JUSTIFIED" CONDEMED BY CONFERENCE OF DOMINION WOOLLEN MANUFACTURERS HIGHER TARIFF WANTED CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. The annual confefr-en.ee -of New Zealand Federated Woollen Mills Ltd. was held to-day. During discussion on the annual report, the Conference expressed the opinion that the cut in wages was not justified and that instead of increasing employment it has had the opposite effect. Several alleged breaches of the Factories Act with referenee to the reduction in wages fixed by Statute were reported. It was decided to secure legal advice on this matter and report to the Minister of Labour. The conference is also to appeal to the Minister of Customs to place a high tariff on imported woollen goods with the object of preventing any lines which might be made in the Dbminion from being imported. It was also decided to request the Minister to make provision that all silk hosiery should contain 50 per. cent of wool. With referenee to the proposal to amend the Arbitration Act, it was decided to protest to the Government against any alteration in the clause providing for compulsory arbitration, on the ground that such alteration would kill the Act altogether, leaving to the workers the only alternative of a strike.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 109, 30 December 1931, Page 5
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204WAGES CUTS Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 109, 30 December 1931, Page 5
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