WATERSIDERS' WAGES
aresATi&ACTibN- with.; award.' :.v •• '■'■■ ■ '.!'"" : ."■' •■' /» : '.'■ -:; ■■".'■.,*£:■'■'?>,. ; ; (BI TELBOiIAPB.—PRESS ASSOCIATION:) ■ '"'■'■''■ , \ '..;■' ' -rWANGANUI^This Day: j;'' V:' The annual: conference of. the Water-;^C:; side Workers' Federation,, now/sitting-/'•■.': here; !considered the recent award-for*v* : waterside workers^ as deliverorl by ,tne ; > Court of Arbitration. Regarding matters ; agreed upon by, the Conciliation' Council; ".: delegates considered these- a=big jm-t ' provement on the last-award, but when' it comes to a question of wages-anpl other :• matters, universal dissatisfaction with-the v "award is expressed. ' .;; ../ '''■,;' •:'.';■ ■ The following resolution was .carried:; 7"' —" That the federation expresses in! most :'■■'i definite terms its disapproval of the basip.; -,': wage grtititcicl ill the award. We do so-;; on the grounds :of its manifest injustrce, as £.■■■ it', does .'not-., provide-a living wage-for waterside workers'.iri this country/ .We further, express disapproval^ on ■/... the grounds that: on the evidence submitted1, during the hearing of the dispute .'-.the >•' . waterside workers were entitled to a subv- ; : stautial increase in wages and rio\ to .' the miserable pittance allowed- by the / ; Court." •.. ■I, ■■'■'■; '" ." -. -":'-■'-. '-: .
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 145, 16 December 1924, Page 6
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159WATERSIDERS' WAGES Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 145, 16 December 1924, Page 6
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