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GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES’ REQUEST “I have been th inking that on long jobs, where the men can take their families with them, and have all the facilities of a village, they are in a better position than workers in town who have to pay rent.” This was portion of the reply made by the Hon. E. A. Ransom, Minister of Public Works, when asked by a deputation on Saturday afternoon to inquire into the wages being paid to men at the Hobsonville airdrome. The deputation represented the Carpenters’, Painters’, and Engineers’ Unions, and it leader, Mr. T. Bloodworth, said it asked only that the Government should obey the laws it enforced against private employers. Workers at the airdrome had been paid, below the award rate, lie declared. Engineers had received 2s 2d an hour instead of 2s 3d, and carpenters had been paid, a farthing less than the award rate. “I will endeavour to see that the men on public works are not at any disadvantage,” said the Minister. “It must be obvious that in some cases the hutments provided free are an advantage. The department has £300,000 in hutments, and so far no charge has been made.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 615, 18 March 1929, Page 10
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200AWARDS NOT KEPT Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 615, 18 March 1929, Page 10
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