Bread, milk costs ‘warning signals’
Price increases in bread and milk were “dangerous indicators,” said the president of the Council of Trade Unions, Mr Ken Douglas, yesterday.
“They are early warning signals of an emerging double standard in the business community,” he said.
There had been an "unrelenting clamour,” from employers, for wage restraint and for more flexibility in the labour market.
"However, they are showing no such restraint or flexibility themselves,” said Mr Douglas. Bread and milk were staple items, which workers had to buy, but price increases were now up to four times higher than any wage increase would add to costs, he said.
The price of bread has been predicted to rise between 2c and 5c a loaf this week in Christchurch. Milk last increased in price in September to 55c
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