LIVING WAGE.
FIXED BY SYDNEY JUDGE,
FORTY-EIGHT SHILLINGS A
WEEK
i-»y Cable.—Prera __Mo_i»ti__.—Copyright.. (Received February 16th. 9.15 p.m.) SYDNEY. February 16-
Judge Heydon has mado hi- report in the matter of the enquiry respecting the cost of living and the living wage.
After a leugthy review of the advance in rents and other factors which have led to the increase in the cost of living, be declare-, that a living wage must relate to the humblest class of worker. The standard must clearly be> his, otherwise there would bo as many living wage- as classes, wherea-. tho living wage is the lowest which any male adult worker not licensed as a slow- worker, should receive, and is based, not on the value of his worK, but on his requirements as a man in a civilised community, which has resolved that so far as laws can do it, competition shall no longer bo allowed to crush him into sweating conditions.
Judge Heydon fixes tho living wage of Sydney workers at 43s weekly for an average dependent family of four, as against £2 6s Gd suggested by the secretary of the Labour Council.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14903, 17 February 1914, Page 7
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