THING OF PAST.
TERM "RELIEF WORKER."
NO DISTINCTION NOW.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, this day.
The effect of recent legislation, particularly the amendments abolishing the distinction between relief workers and industrial workers, was commented on to-day by Mr v P. N. Butler, national secretary of the General and Municipal Workers' Federation, who said that the term' "relief worker" was now a tiling, of the past. "The position," he said, "now is:— "(1) Awards and agreements apply to what were known as relief workers.
"(2) Men must join a union where an award exists covering the work they are doing. "(3) Unions can make representations on behalf of men. "(4) Overtime and other award conditions apply. - "(5) The onus is on the employing authority to see that the men become members of the union under whose award they are working.
"The men," lie added, "now have the sffme rights and privileges in the eyes of the law as any industrial worker."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 173, 23 July 1936, Page 8
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160THING OF PAST. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 173, 23 July 1936, Page 8
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