DOMESTIC SERVICE.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20919, 28 July 1933, Page 17

DOMESTIC SERVICE.

TO THTS EDITOR OF THE PRESS. Sir,—l would like to add my point of view to that of "An Experienced Worker." She is voicing the resentment of hundreds of girls and women employed in this town. There are many citizens in more than comfortable circumstances who are quite able to, and should, pay a decent living wage. It simply proves how they will lower the standard of living when they get the chance. I can cite cases of glaring exploitation by wealthy employers. They now call on experienced, competent women to work for 10s and 7s 6d a week. The same work two years ago was worth 25s to 30s a week. Generally speaking there is more than a two-third's reduction. Good cooks and good housekeepers are the home-builders of the future. Girls trained in the housewifely arts hate the thought of earning their living this way, because of the humiliation and spirit-crushing treatment they are likely to receive at the hands of their employers. If experienced workers wake up and make their voices heard, perhaps when all the unemployed women are organised, and that day will come, something like a Domestic Workers' Union will look to the interests of domesticated young home-builders, for they represent a down-trodden section of our community to-day. Hoping others will come forward with the courage of their convictions.— Yours, etc., EXPERIENCED WORKER, NO 2. July 27, 1933.