WAGES FOR WOMEN
PROTEST, BY DRESSMAKERS.
(11 TIIIORAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
• CHRISTCHTJRCH, 22nd Nov. ' At a well-attended meeting of the combined Dressmakers' and Milliners' Unions, held in the Trades Hall, the secretary was instructed to forward to the Minister of Labour the following resolution, which was canied unanimously : 'That this meeting of the Dressmakers' and Milliners' Union protests that the minimum wage of £2 2s 6d, as fixed by the Arbitration Court, is too low for the training, effort, skill, and experience needed in these trades. We are of opinion that the standard of women's wages should be much higher than it is, and that where special skill and training are needed in skilled trades and professions—clothing, shoemaking, printing, photography, nursing, stenography, etc.—wages should be commensurate with-the demand made to acquire efficiency. Equal pay for equal work is only asking for justice for women, but failing such demand at the present time we submit that'a minimum wage of £3 per week should be fixed by the Legislature."
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 125, 23 November 1923, Page 5
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165WAGES FOR WOMEN Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 125, 23 November 1923, Page 5
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