BIDDING UP FOR LABOUR
HIGH WAGES IN AUCKLAND BUILDING TRADE By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, November 28. It is stated that marked activity in the building trade in Auckland lias led to a recurrence of the practice of bidding up for labour, and that as a result a serious position has arisen. From an award rate of 2s. 2)d. an hour, the wage for a first-class carpenter has risen in some cases to 2s. Cd., 2«. 9d., and even 3s. an hour. The Master Builders’ Association, at a meeting last evening, decided upon a maximum wage of 2s. Cd. an hour for carpenters and finishing hands, to take effect immediately. A maximum rate of 3s. an hour was fixed for bricking paid by some builders, whereas the 3s. 3d. and 3s. Gd. was at present bcbuyers, it being stated that as much as award wage was about 2s. 4 Jd. In the case of plasterers a further meeting will be held by the Plasterers’ Association to fix a maximum rate. The award, it is stated, specified 2s. 2Jd. an hour, whereas 3s. Gd. .woxo is being demanded.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 55, 29 November 1923, Page 6
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186BIDDING UP FOR LABOUR Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 55, 29 November 1923, Page 6
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