COPPER MINERS' CHOICE.
LOWER WAGES OR NO WORK ?O PER CENT DROP PROPOSED. 'KoreivcJ 2.3n p.m.i BRISBANE, this day. ' The general manager of the Mount ■ Morgan Ciold Mining Co. conferred with ; representative?, of the unions, and exjilained that owing to the parlous plight ! of the copper market nil employees, from I himself to the office boy, were compelled jto choose between a reduction of wages ]by 30 per cent and unemployment. It is understood that the unions contemplated I a reduction of wapes, but not to the ! extent of even 20 per cent. i The Mount Lyell' Company, in Tas- ! mania, submitted a statement to it* i employees showing the cost of working 1 nnd the price of copper. It suggested ' the introduction of the SB-hour fortnight. I and a reduction of wage- by 10 to 15 ! per cent.— <A. and N.Z. Table.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 72, 26 March 1921, Page 7
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143COPPER MINERS' CHOICE. Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 72, 26 March 1921, Page 7
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