INFLATION, UNREST
Observations in U.K. (N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON, July 21. Industrial unrest and galloping inflation in Britain are causing near-chaos, according to the Secretary of Labour (Mr E. G. Davey), who has returned from six weeks overseas.
Attempts to get agreements to control inflation, including wage restraints, were being inhibited by disputes under the Industrial Relations Act passed this year, said Mr Davey. “Between 1971 and 1972, wages in Britain rose 24 per cent and prices 16 per cent,” he said.
Mr Davey was the Government delegate at the International Labour Organisation conference last month. He was elected chairman of the Asian government group at the conference, and served on the committee which studied the social repercussions of new methods of cargo handling. Mr Davey said that while Australia and the United States had largely resolved their container-handling problems, Britain, like New Zealand, still had problems. “Dockers and the workers in container packing depots are picketing each other’s jobs and it is still a major issue in Britain,” he said.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32975, 22 July 1972, Page 13
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