AN INCREASE THAT WAS NOT WANTED.
"We did not want the increase, and we told the Government so." These were the words of a prominent railwayman in discussing with ths writer the war bonus of Is a day granted to members of the Second Division of the Railways. He proceeded' to explain his statement. Leaders of railwaymen, he said, recognised, as well as- others, that such increases gave r.o lasting benefit. j hey moved- in a circle, and it was only a question of time when the railway worker was as badly off as before. Therefore, the relief sought in the first place was in the form of a reduction of the cost of liring. 'This was not obtained/ so railwaymea h?d no option but to get in the circle and secure, with other workers, the temporary relief afforded by an increased wage.
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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 107, 6 May 1916, Page 10
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143AN INCREASE THAT WAS NOT WANTED. Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 107, 6 May 1916, Page 10
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