RAILWAY WAGES
British Companies Cause a Surprise
London, Jan. 17.
Tlie railway companies have caused surprise by accepting tlie recommendations made by Sir Harold Morris, chairman of the National Wages Board for Railways, although they fail far short, in (heir view, of the merits of the case. Tlie recommendations decrease all wages 41-6 per cent., witli a further similar reduction when the pay exceeds 50/- weekly. The cut is inoperative for adults’ pay under 40/- weekly, and also will not reduce pay below 40/-. The Operatives’ Union executives’ meeting will consider the new situation. .
An unprecedented deadlock was caused' by the issue of five separate reports by members of the National Wages Board for Railways. Hitherto the board had always managed to agree on certain principal findings. This time only the railways’ own nominees accepted the companies’ full claim for wages reductions totalling £5 million. The union delegates were unanimously against them, and the representatives of railway users were divided, two for and two against the claim. The chairman. Sir Harold Morris, separately reported in favour of a reduction only to the extent of one-fifth of the railways’ demand.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 99, 20 January 1933, Page 9
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189RAILWAY WAGES Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 99, 20 January 1933, Page 9
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