UNDERPAID LINESMEN.
(To the Editor.) Sir, —After the commencement of the war the standard wages of that hardworking foody of men, telegraph linesmen, were 10/ per day, to which a bonus of 2/ per day was added. The camp allowance for married men away from home was 4/ per day, in all 10/ per day. The bonus has been discontinued since March 30 last. Why? I have heard of no drop in war prices. The camp allowance has also been reduced from 4/ to 2/6 per night. Again I ask the question why? A gross reduction.of 4/ per diem, and these men are skilled workmen. (Note.—A contractor has just informed the Tauranga County Council here that his contract 13 at a standstill owing to his .being una'blc to obtain unskilled labour —even at 10/ per day.)
I very much fear that any effort to obtain justice for our workmen, in any shape or form, from the present Government, is doomed to failure. Let it be ours to see this, and all similar injustices —and their name is legion—remedied at the coming election.—l am, etc., W. JARVIS HARKER. Tauranga, July 30, 1913.
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 187, 8 August 1919, Page 9
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191UNDERPAID LINESMEN. Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 187, 8 August 1919, Page 9
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