FREEZING WORKERS' WAGES.
COURT RESERVES DECISION.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Friday.
The Arbitration Court' reserved its decision on the points in dispute in the Dominion freezing workers' award.
On behalf of the employers it was submitted that any demand by the unions for increase in rates or for exemption from the Court's general order could not be supported by an increase in cost of living or by any circumstances which had arisen since the last award was made, nor could the present tans justify any claims for further restrictions in the conduct of the industry. Factors which warranted a change were those which, the employers claimed, should influence the Court in the direction of a reduction in the present standard rates of pay and the removal of restrictive clauses, in the award. The industry was unable to sustain the present excessive wages. The reduction of 10 per cent in wages had not yet shown any particular benefit to the industry. Any able-bodied man with aptitude, after serving a few months as a learner, could become a competent mutton slaughterman and earn £S toj £10 weekly.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 264, 7 November 1931, Page 12
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