“UNION TREND”
Productivity
bargaining
i.vz. Press Association) AUCKLAND ~ The trade-union movement would have to move into productivity bargaining, said the president of the Federation of ' Labour (Mr T. E. Skinner) in Auckland. Industry must look beyond (the payment of wages for a (workers’ effort, Mr Skinner I told young United States executives. Taxation significantly reduced the value of wages. Price and wage increases did nothing for the economy. “In this atmospnere, the trend will be towards productivity bargaining,” he said. “The trade union movement will need to move into this area. I “Productivity bargaining, a regular feature overseas, is firmly established w'here it is recognised that, when the resources of manpower and plants in industry are used more effectively, the wmrkers are entitled to higher rewards. “These rewards can be improved earnings, superannuation, security of employment and many other fringe benefits which are made possible by the improved conditions and the more successful use of resources,” said Mr Skinner.
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33191, 3 April 1973, Page 11
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