WORKLESS GIRLS
HELP FROM CITIZENS’ FUND MONEY ALL GOING TO MEN Undoubtedly one of the worst phases of the present unemployment is the large number of girls and women who have no work. The situation is really serious, and a movement is now afoot to save from the funds of the Citizens’ Unemployment Association some relief for these persons. Miss A. Basten is to bring the problem before the Citizens’ Committee at its next meeting. In a letter io the Mayor and the committee she points out that the appeal to the citizens has been well supported, but the money is at present all going into the hands of men. The letter suggests that some of the funds should be diverted to women and girls who are not dependent on men. There are cases to-day of city girls who have no work and an empty purse, and are dependent on the kindness of their landladies to keep their lodgings. In the Shop Assistants’ Union unemployment among girls is quite a problem, and the same position prevails in the Hotel and Restaurant Workers’ Union and the Tailoresses’ Union. Numbers of girls call at the Auckland Unemployment Association for work, but as a general rule they don't like registering their names. The association has more inquiries for women for various employments than for men.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19271018.2.75
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 178, 18 October 1927, Page 9
Word Count
222WORKLESS GIRLS Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 178, 18 October 1927, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in