A PUBLIC UTILITY
LAUNDRY WORKERS DISPUTE A PI.FA FOB HOUSFAYIYKS WI J.UM ITi >N. Wi*dnosd:«> At the < :<mcili.if inn iMuneil b.-d;i> in the Wellington laundry workers dispute. Mr N'isbel, employer*' advorale. stressed that n laumb> \\.i> ,i public utility. Tim iioverinianf had some very laudable Ideas, nmomr lli.-m Hip creation of greater leisure, but that leisure surely should apply not only to the worker but to bis wife, if the forced up out of all reason it simply meant that the work would be thrown back on the housewife and she would not enjoy the leisure she was entitledtn. He thought they had to maintain the balance between the fair treatment of the employees in the laundry industry and undue restrictions on a public utility.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20502, 19 May 1938, Page 13
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125A PUBLIC UTILITY Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20502, 19 May 1938, Page 13
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