A LABOUR REPRESENTATIVE.
Mr Aggers spoke as a labour repre* serttiattfive, «_nd urged Che workers to vot* at ttwext Wtednesday's referendum against tthe huge octopus that was creeping irur-at Auckland. He (asked _f _bey were will* to sell their rights (fco'provide big dividends for a few Gerrotains and ap> pealed to tihtean to vote for Mr play lot the tn_m emp_yye«s, just as they them** selves .would wamt faar <p!ky if it were! proposed to rob tlhem of their Saturday; h_lf-holtiday. He warned the workers __ be cautious, for none of them knew what dangers the future had im. store fo< them. The rminiog of Sunday trama would produce a demand for other Sua* day labour, land if some daythe Oo_c_Ma* tion and AirhftraiMoin Courts were swepfj away the men in afll trades would bai absolutely ait itlhe (mercy of bhe employ-* e:rs. Tit was said that 216 of the tram* way .servants sHgroed Sn favour ©f th« Sunday traffic, but in hris experience h_ had known many men discharged for taking a prominent part in matters o_ rfjhis kind. If the tram employees haft refused to sign, what would have happened? Raltlhe- than be disdliarged thel men would sligm the pet&twm. Mr „g« gers (added" that he was told that tjj_l men took a ballot among themselves, and decided Hn favour of double pay, but •they had mow accepted time and a-half*.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 231, 28 September 1903, Page 3
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232A LABOUR REPRESENTATIVE. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 231, 28 September 1903, Page 3
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