SOMETHING LIKE HIGH WAGES.
Wage rates are jumping in the United States. The following are typical examples:— Commencing on January 21, the minnmum wage for carpenters in San Francisco will be 25s per day of eight hours. The agreement was arrived at without any friction whatever. Plasterers working in the State of Missouri now receive 25s per day for a 48-hour week. The Journeyman Plasterers' Union has served notice on the contractors that after March 1 next they will not work for less than 29/2 per day for a 44-hour week. Californian Typographical hands have accepted a wage of £1 3s per day of seven hours 30 minutes in winter. Ironmoulders have signed up an agreement to Avork for 20/10 per day of eight hours—an increase of 2/1, with half-an-hour less daily.
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Taihape Daily Times, 26 February 1918, Page 3
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132SOMETHING LIKE HIGH WAGES. Taihape Daily Times, 26 February 1918, Page 3
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