THE EXERTION WAGE.
There will not, we think, be any very widespread sympathy with the Wellington Trades and Labour Council in their protest against the payment of an "exertion wage" to the workers in the Otira tunnel, remarks the "Lyttelton Times." The whole point of the objection to the exertion wage seems to be that the agitators are anxious to covsr up tho practice of lim ting the output, We could have some patience with the Wellington Council if they observed the ordinary courtesies of controversy. When the Prime Minister, in answer to their protest, gave a straightforward statement of the position of the Government in the matter, the president of the Council thought fit to describe his letter as a "shuffle." The workers' leaders are simply prejudicing their cause by su"h wanton rudet.ess, and if Labour desires sympathetic consideration for its grievances it will have to keep its chosen representatives under severe restraint.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3178, 1 May 1909, Page 4
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154THE EXERTION WAGE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3178, 1 May 1909, Page 4
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