RAILWAYMEN'S PAY.
A SEVEN MILLION REDUCTION. j MEN TO CONTEST IT. LONDON. March 0. Speaking at ..Cambridge. Sir Eric Ceddes. Minister of Transport, foreshadowed an automatic reduction of railwaymen's wages by 4/ weekly, corresponding to tlie reduction to the cost of living. He added that it bad been suggested that the men would dishonour ; their bargain. Personally, he refus.ed to believe it. The reduction would take over £7,000.000 annually cff the nation's railway bill. A full conference of the Triple Labour i Alliance has been summoned to discuss plans to contest tlie reduction of wages, |i A. and X.Z. ( able, i
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 59, 10 March 1921, Page 5
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