WATERSIDERS’ WAGES.
REPLY TO HON. A. HAMILTON. (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, June 13. The president, -of the New Zealand Waterside Workers’ Union (Mr J. Flood) said the attack made on waterside workers by the Leader oi the Opposition (the Hon. A. Hamilton) was unwarranted, particularly in view of the fact that the men for some weeks past had been working extended hours whenever they had been requested to do so by the Waterfront Control Commission. There was no 40-hour week on the waterfront, and never had been; but the men offered their services from 8 a.m. until 11 p.m. or midnight when necessary, and in many instances had worked long after midnight, and been back on the job at 8 a.m. “Surely, Mr Hamilton will admit that these long hours are a contribution towards the New Zealand war effort.” The increase in wages granted by the commission was purely an overdue wage adjustment, concluded Mr Flood.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19400614.2.30
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 211, 14 June 1940, Page 4
Word Count
156WATERSIDERS’ WAGES. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 211, 14 June 1940, Page 4
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in