FOR THE UNEMPLOYED.
MR HODGE PROPOSES POOL TO FIICD TTAT.p -WAGES. (By Cable.— Press Association.—Copyrieht (Received 11 a.m.)* LONDON, January 31. The Rt. Hon. John Hodge, M.P., in i spa<?ch at Wigan, outlined a project ioi cooperation in the matter of meeting the depression in the iron trade. His idea is that the workers and the em { plovers should contribute an i-quai sun j for every tou of steel produced for th( I formation of a pool to provide half wages in the e\ont of sickness, for ]>ay durinj holidays, and also in the event of unem plovaienl. Th.it. he said, would be mucl better than depending on the Govern ment. though the Government would, ii view of the beuelits to be derived fron such a scheme as he had outlined, {rladh contribtp towards the administration o" the fund.— iA. and ~S.Z. Caiilc.i The iron ore mines al"V.illoin, in Cum beriand. tile largest in the world, hav< been closed down, rendering idle i.OCX [worker?.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 27, 1 February 1921, Page 5
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168FOR THE UNEMPLOYED. Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 27, 1 February 1921, Page 5
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