ADDITIONAL TAXATION
PROTEST BY RAILWAY WORKERS
(Special to The Times) NAPIER, September 14
Additional taxation imposed by the Government is the subject of the following protest in a resolution carried by the Napier branch of the Enginedrivers’, Firemen’s and Cleaners’ Association:
“That the Napier members of the association make a most emphatic protest to the Government against the recent imposition of additional taxation on the wages of members of this association, which is now equivalent to a cut of 26 per cent., made up as follows: Sales tax, 16 per cent.; Social Security tax, 5 per cent.; and National Security tax, 5 per cent, with the additional deduction of 5 per cent, for the superannuation fund.
“It is becoming clearly evident that the trust placed in the Labour Government has been misplaced, judging by the heavy and inequitable burden placed on the shoulders of those whom the Government was pledged to protect from suffering a lowered standard of living. “We also consider that the Prime Minister has been badly misinformed when he publicly states that the increasing series of resolutions being adopted by railwaymen and other organizations are not representative of the mass of workers.”
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Southland Times, Issue 24232, 16 September 1940, Page 4
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195ADDITIONAL TAXATION Southland Times, Issue 24232, 16 September 1940, Page 4
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