WAGE CASE IN AUSTRALIA
EMPLOYERS TO SEEK “FREEZE” (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Red. 7 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Aug. 2. Employers will make an effort to "freeze” the basic wage for nine months when the full Arbitration Court begins a hearing of the wages and hours case next Tuesday. Employers’ representatives will ask the Court to hear as a matter of urgency an application to suspend the operation of the November, 1952, and February, 1953, quarterly adjustments of the basic wage.
This move was made soon after the dramatic application by five metal trade unions for an increase of 23s in the basic wage, 10s of which wai to be granted immediately "to compensate for declining money values.” The unions lodged the application with the industrial registrar just a few minutes before his office closed for the week-end. They also sought a change in the system of adjustments. c o that they should be made monthly instead of quarterly. The employers seek a reduction in the basic wage of £2 9s a week, abandonment of quarterly adjustments in favour of a periodical review by the Court of wages, and an increase in hours from 40 to 44 a week.
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Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26800, 4 August 1952, Page 6
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