WORKERS AND WAR.
MINIMUM WAGE REDUCTION. The recent Order in Council allowing returned soldiers to work at various callings for indefinite periods for loss than the minimum wajgc fixed by inspectors of factorif* has provoked a protest from the Auckland Labour Representative Committed At ibe monthly general meeting of that body, a resolution was passed which stated: "We are of opinion that thiß will tend to reduce wages all round, and as large numbers of soldiers are discharged with a small pension, will amount to an indirect subsidy to employers out of the public funds." The comparative scarcity .of medical men, due to the demands of the Expeditionary Forces, was also discussed. It was claimed that working men had oeen refused inedjeal attention in urgent cases because they had been unable to pay in advance. A motion was carried to the effect thft "The Government should immediately nationalise the medical service and organise it so as to place efficient medical help at the service of all classes irrespective of financial standing."
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 64, 15 March 1916, Page 7
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