Immigration
Sir, —All we hear about is more tradesmen required. Last year we heard of their being put off. I would suggest the Mayor and Manufacturers’ Association ask themselves why they are losing tradesmen. The answer in most cases is more money. According to statistics Christchurch tradesmen are the lowest paid of the four main centres. Therefore increase ruling rates to the northern centres’ ruling rates and most of the drift will stop; also, one would find production increasing. Immigration is part of Government policy, and I object very strongly to paying taxes for immigration subsidisation, and possibly rate increases, for the same thing. Let the employers put their own houses in order and look after the staff they have before crying out for immigrants who, in a lot of cases, only stay for a couple of years before moving on.— Yours, etc., TRADESMAN. October 15, 1969.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32120, 16 October 1969, Page 12
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