ESSENTIAL WORKERS
There have been so many comments lately regarding the lucky essential worker, that I thought I would like to state my case, as I am sure there are many in a similar position. I was turned down from the army twice, then I was sent to a job which I find intolerably boring, devoid of interest. Apart from the work being heavy and monotonous, everything about the atmosphere of the "place is both depressing and uncongenial. However, here I must remain for the duration. lam not allowed to leave my job, or answer advertisements in the paper. I work much longer hours than the men do in the camps and I do not get a few days off every now ana again. In other words I am practically a prisoner. If men were allowed to answer advertisements in the paper, . something congenial to themselves, they would not only be of more value to their employer, but also to the State. One gets rather annoyed reading about the essential worker as if he were a drone just living in idleness and a y°iomg au responsibility. ALLAN SHAW.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 35, 11 February 1943, Page 4
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