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MEN ON BASIC WAGE

SPECIAL CONSIDERATION

URGED

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

AUCKLAND, This Day.

Commenting on the Hon. W. A. Veitch's proposal for rationing work in the Railway Service, Mr . Elliott, chairman of the Otahuhu and Newmarket division of the A.S.R.S., said that special consideration should be given to the basic wage men, who received £4 Ss a week, and who already had heavy commitments. He suggested that the men wonld favour a»scheme under which all in constant employment throughout the service should contribute to an unemployment fund on a graduated scale, according to their salaries. The A.S.R.S. branch will consider Mr. Veitch's proposal immediately after it officially receives it.

Fifty-three employees of the Otahuhu Railway Workshops, who were given notice of dismissal a week ago, have now been f instructed to continue work till further notice.

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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 11, 12 July 1930, Page 10

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MEN ON BASIC WAGE Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 11, 12 July 1930, Page 10

MEN ON BASIC WAGE Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 11, 12 July 1930, Page 10