CLOTHING STRIKE
$2.50 Offer • Rejected 11 (N.Z. Press Association) , WANGANUI, September 2. > A 52.50 a week wage- ’ increase offered to 18 striking , women at a Bulls Clothing ; factory has been rejected as ; “mere chicken-feed.” ■ The strike at Symington and ' Company, N.Z., Ltd’s, women’s ! clothing factory entered its ' fourth day today. There are ' now indications that the strike ! could spread to other clothing factories throughout the Wei- 1 lingon-Taranaki region. , It was revealed tonight that ; the Clothing Workers’ Union j had asked employers for a 33 , per cent increase in wages. The union’s secretary, Mr A. J A. McDonald, commented to- , night on the offer to the ; striking workers. “The in- j crease in just chicken-feed. Girls who have just started 1 work at the factory would i only get a percentage of the 1 52.50.” 1
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32393, 4 September 1970, Page 15
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