Farm Workers
Sir, —Farmers complain of labour shortage, which is not surprising 1 in view of the conditions under ' which workers must live. Placed so as not to be seen from the owner’s beautiful home, their! houses are usually little more than shanties with primitive plumbing, dank interiors, and rotting floor boards. The worker works at least 60 hours a week, excluding milking, for minimum wages and bonus which may be rescinded at the last moment for any small lapse. The wife, along; with “must have good dogs,” must cook for casuals for Is 6d a meal and is told she is making on this for morning and afternoon teas carted to shed or paddock. No class distinction in New Zealand? Investigate the farm workers’ conditions and you will discover otherwise. Who really is prospering in this country of ours? Certainly not the farm worker.— Yours, etc..
SHEPHERD’S WIFE. January 20, 1958.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28490, 21 January 1958, Page 3
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