WORK AND WAGES.
! MORE PAY WANTED. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch,, Saturday Night. In connection with tfc» agreement arrived at between the watershed workers and shipowners regarding increased rates ot pay, etc., there appears to he some dissatisfaction among members of the Lyttelton Casual Wharf Laborers' Union. Ihis morning a number of the meat approached the president of the union and said that they thought that some steps should be taken in the direction of obtaining increased wages'. After*some discussion if was> arranged that a meeting of the committee of the' union should to-morrow morning to review the whole .position and •formulate demands for increased pay. The result of the committee's deliberations will ,be brought before a general meeting 'of the union on' Monday. At present Railway Union men, who handle cargo in railway .trucks, receive Is 3d an hour -ordinary time and 2s overtime. Waterside workers have received a general increase of 2d an hour, and the railwaymen intend moving for a' similar increase.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 174, 22 January 1912, Page 5
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164WORK AND WAGES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 174, 22 January 1912, Page 5
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