Nil wage order
Sir, — Judge Blair can take little satisfaction from his nil wage decision some years ago. Up untill that time workers’ awards were kept in line with each other by the Arbitration Court. Then a legal case was put to the court for a General Wage Order, and all the workers received was a kick in the teeth. Unions that believed they got no justice from the court, decided on direct bargaining. The result was chaotic. The employers, to counter this, reduced above-award margins, resulting in the loss of incentives to work with repercussions to this day. Judge Blair was obviously so out of touch, he never realised how important it was for workers to receive something, even if only a few per cent at that time. — Yours, etc.,
W. FOOT. September 2, 1983,
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Press, 6 September 1983, Page 16
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