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Freeze to end in ruins?

PA Wellington A former Federation of Labour president. Sir Thomas Skinner, predicted yesterday ‘ that the wage freeze would be undermined by so many “under the table” deals that it would be in ruins by the time it was to end in February.

He said medium-sized and small employers were now realising how much they were being hurt by the Government’s economic controls, and deals would be negotiated in spite of those controls. Sir Thomas called for a more positive approach by the F.O.L. and employers’ leadership to achieve a consensus on lifting the freeze, before approaching the Government. It was the larger employers, who supported the freeze, who were calling the employers’ shots.

Sir Thomas said there appeared to be no-one in the F.O.L. or the Employers’ Association who was able to lead the parties into a common area of agreement on what should replace the freeze. This needed to be done before any approach

was made to the Government. Sir Thomas attacked the Government for imposing the freeze in the first place, saying it was a negative move. He said the Government had been unable to find a way out of it in its first year, and would not be able to find the answer by next February. It was impossible to hold wages when there was no chance of holding prices, he said.

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Press, 28 May 1983, Page 1

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Freeze to end in ruins? Press, 28 May 1983, Page 1

Freeze to end in ruins? Press, 28 May 1983, Page 1