PERMANENT AND CASUAL WORKERS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 131, 7 June 1929, Page 8

PERMANENT AND CASUAL WORKERS

(To the Editor.)

Sir,—"Vox Populi's" remarks regarding aalanes paid in the P, and T. Department as appearing m your eorrespondenc* column recently, make interesting reading, but are lacking in one respect, inasmucVas they start in the middle and not at the beginning. I gat up all nicht wondering' haw these poor (£296) annum men (£5 13s per week)wet or £n* sick or well, manage to exist, and wondered if it waß at all possible to arrange a flag day on .their behalf. . ■-:-■■- _ No doubt "Vox Populi" is fond of stat* ing ail men are equal and quotes the increases granted to higher. paid officials.; while nothing is left for the poor £295 ™an- it . , loader W your correspondent ever thinks of applying the "All men ar* equal moan to his fellow workers, who are well below him a* regards •alary. What does he say concerning the canal workers m the same Department who do the same work as himself for £3 lflt 6d. receive less holidays, no pay whilst rick and more than likely loses hi. job should his sickness last more. than « few day*? Many of these men have from fiv« to seven years service, have passed examinations qualifying them for £295 position, and while receiving the lowest pay are expected to perform their work as satisfactorily and expediently as their £295 eomradeß. Providing the Post and Telegraph Department is so successfully uanaced aa to warrant an increase being paid to !tr employees, does "Vox PopulP honestly think that the class he mentions is mori m need of an extra few shillings per week than the under the award rate canal worker?—l.am,fete, ;.;-■. :: : \ , v *«. t ''■■■" BREAD AND°'WATER.-:, . 7th June.. . . , ■ /