Conditions to be looked at
V.Z PretM 4<«orta*ion» PALMERSTON NORTH. The Manawatn Trades Council w going to investigate the con•I rinrm of work of apprentice )<r Levs and bo\s who work in •tables The council was tnid recently that as young as 13 were employed bv racehorse trainers early tn the morning and then h. I to attend school. The p-e- dent n( Ihe council. Mr J Smith. «atd the council v as not Mire if the boys came under an' union. orgar»i*ation or associklinn. The lOtinHl would
look at Hie situation and p»thaps *eck lev’ll a! ion on c«>nd>■■\te don’t reaih believe a two •an d»» justice to his ftrbooi work »f he’4 up working at 4 a m .” The apprentice jockevw and vabteworkers are »he second group of young worker* the • «>un«it ha< Invewtigafrd It initiated tm »-Migation< into the conditions of newspaper deliven bovs which are at present under
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33514, 20 April 1974, Page 8
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