BELOW THE AWARD.
fTo tbe Editor.) Sir, —I recently came across three carpenters at work on a suburban cottage at less than the award rate. They were getting 2/ an hour—l 6/ a day. The house was being built day work by them, not for a contractor, but for a workman who had saved enough money when times were better to build a small cottage. I said: "Is it fair to your fellow carpenters out of work to take pay below the award?" Their reply was: "The Labour bosses have told us time after time that the workman must sell his goods, viz., his labour, to the best ; advantage. We have been out of work for weeks, we tried every suburb, we have wives and children to keep; it was : a case of beg, steal, or work below the ' award. We have sold our labour to the best of our advantage, and we have paid off our debts and are making a living, if a poor one." And I guess they were right.—l am, etc., S.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 190, 12 August 1922, Page 14
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