DEARTH OF PLASTERERS
IN WELLINGTON.
By Telearavhr-'tress Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night. In connection with the plasterers' dispute, the secretary of the Builders' and Contractore' Association stated that it is difficulty to understand why men actually in work are prepared, to throw up Is 7d per hour. The secretary of the Union explains that the reason is that'the Union has one application for six men for eight months' work at 2si per hour, and another for three months' work at £5 per week, wet and. dry. The award state®'that the minimum rate of wages is* Is 7d peT hour, and in every case the employers of Wellington make the minimum the maximum. .Although the minimum rate here, is above- that of Auckland, Christelvurch and Dnnedin, the employers' in those cities have never made the minimum the maximum rate.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10466, 2 November 1911, Page 5
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137DEARTH OF PLASTERERS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10466, 2 November 1911, Page 5
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