WAGE DEDUCTION.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20214, 17 April 1931, Page 15

WAGE DEDUCTION.

. . t ; • Jjg , :" . AfPßOy^.; Approval of the wage reduction vj& Union of' Employers lart evening, in the flowing nxptiwi:-; r "That this Industrial Union f ol Employers combines through »jafe New Zealand with other orgpfaiaationa, «■ J»£ plovers in placing a request befor* ' the Arbitration Court fat * reduotion in wage rates, aiM • tntt. Mr T. 0., Bishop be authored to act on our behalf and to cs« w*c» evidence as he considers necessary* ' Members did not at once' the significance of the motion. _ Mr W. Harris: Does the motion go to the Arbitration Court or to W Employers' Federation? I att fur because it is ' a question _Mfc oer cent, reduction is enough,. Mr Justice I'raaw said, that ccmplflint cuiflft Wow the\AAitrt* tion Court, tfce Court would giw the same dtedsion a» »n the cw «,tt» Flaxmillers' Association—that ia* • « 1-Sj per cent, reduction, \ .i ■' •'?< * . - • -V A rarther .Sadnt&ott? > Mr L W. Cooper explained that it had iust become law that the Ar«w tration Court could vary awatdjf Wb that the proposals had .to ««M -bafoi* the Court. The Union w»;W4 to support the whole Federation when it placed the question before the Court. "There'll be one reduction mad*, WW Inter on there will b« application lor another."- said ,Mr Cooper. \ - v ' Mr Harris: Does this Association intend to go for > nerf awardf Our \. I*, \ ' * , ' , J ' J* ,]-■ s' i* .• * ,? V

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