LESS WAGES
GIRLS SENT TO INDUSTRY (0.C.) NELSON, Friday. A protest lodged by the Trades Council on ■ the ground of loss of wages was heard hefore the Manpower Industrial Committee. The appeals concerned girls who had been directed to do seasonal work in Kirkpatrick's canning factory. The Trades Council, on their behalf, said other avenues were not explored before the direction was made.
For Kirkpatrick's, Mr. C. Milner said they were desperately short of labour, considering the work they had to get through in the next two months. Large quantities of peaches and tomatoes had to be canned. The basic wage, he agreed, was not as high as in other places, but there was opportunity for a lot of overtime. He considered the average man could earn, with overtime, £7 a week, while others earned more than that. As to the girls, the3 r would be allowed to work at piece rates.
In most cases the committee's decision was reserved.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 55, 6 March 1943, Page 3
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