A WORKERS' GRIEVANCE
LOW. PAY OF WAITRESSES
"DAILY HERALD'S'!- INDIGNA- - TION,
- (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COFXRIOHT.) . . CAUSTKAIUiS-SE'W ZEALAND CABLE. ASSOCIATION.) . (Received 6th May, 10 a.m.) "... LONDON, sth. May. ;. The "Daily Herald" says that a number of the waitresses in Lyons and Co's restaurants at the : Empire Exhibition have left owing to" dissatisfaction: with the conditions. The .organiser of the workers' union states that some/ only received 15s a week, out of which they had to .pay 4s 4d for railway fares. > On-the other hand, Messrs. Lyons .state that many waitresses make 15s in two days'; but they do not indicate whether this represents tips. > "Another effort to obtain labour for the Exhibition at wages which are a disgrace to the. Empire has' met with' no response," says the "Herald." "The Labour Exchange was asked ■ for thirty-two ; women cloakroom attendants to work from eight in the morning; till eleven at night, with no free meals, and to receive 15s a-week. It is not surprising that,women emphatically refused such an offer."- .-. ."/ ;.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 106, 6 May 1924, Page 7
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167A WORKERS' GRIEVANCE Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 106, 6 May 1924, Page 7
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