GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
« , LABOUR AND WAGES. (By Tolcgraph-Prcee, Aeßociation-Oopyright) Ottawa, SoptcmW 20. ' The, Canadian. Department of Labour has submitted A report" on , the worlf ou tho mountain section of th« Grand Trunk Railway Company's trans-coatinenUl lino, which ' • ' 'is being constructed with Governmoat sistance.' The Department 'reports that the contractors for tho mountain section.are paying I reasonable wages, vie.: two and thrbe-quartor ' 'dollars to thrco dollars (elw«ii to twolvo ■ shillings) daily. Tlio .Dopartmout dissents ! rrom tho mec's contention that tho can- > tractors must acoopt good, bad, or indifferent J workmen, us labour is scaice. [According to rewnt cablegrams, h&rwsters in wostcrn Canada are being paid 16s. a day, with boardi The cablegrams have also'stated that tho Grand Trunk Pacific Kailway Com- • panyr-no doubt in viow of tho scarcity and dear Jess of white labour—hae askod for permission to, complotc the mountain section ot the Imft with Asiatic workers; but - that the Government wero unlikely to graut thiß reAt tho same time, to-day's advice indicates that the Government are nvcrco to tho unduo exploiting,of tho company'in tlw» matter of wajjosj ~ V '
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 618, 22 September 1909, Page 7
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