WORK ON WATERFRONT
(To the Editor.)
Sir, —The. same, old system. o£ employment'is, again in vogue on the local waterfront this -winter, and while others. are enjoying from' two pound odd up to six pounds a week, hundreds are getting nothing. The Minister of Labour and Members1 of Parliament can. find these facts" are correct by inquiring at the local pay office; also tho number of waterside workers who have and are going to register at the Labour Bureau, by a system of rotary, where .the work could be shared, Very many watersiders would be satisfied with several hours' work in a week (being single men), and" they and others would not, as at present, be registered for relief work, thereby easing the demand for work under the unemployment scheme and charitable aid. The shipping companies demand that the local union shall have at least twelve hundred men available, but they don't want .to share the work amongst the fringe in winter. . . I hope our Parliamentarians will note what is written in this letter and bring the matter up in the House for discussiou and legislate accordingly, thereby giving hundreds a crust in winter and taking some away from the privileged five hundred or so.—l am, etc,
FATHER OF FOUR,
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 7, 8 July 1931, Page 9
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210WORK ON WATERFRONT Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 7, 8 July 1931, Page 9
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