WAGES INCREASED
WAJERSIDE LABOUR
As a result of the announcement that legislation is to be introduced when Parliament resumes restoring salaries and wages to the 1931 level, it is reported that the hourly rate of pay for waterside workers throughout New Zealand has been increased.
The Westport "Times" states that an additional 2d an hour has been granted as from July 1 and that the increase is to be made retrospective to cover all ships loaded as from April 1 last.
" The new national wages scale for the loading of timber and coal is stated to be as follows: —
Timber. —Ordinary, 2s 4d per hour; overtime up to 10.15 p.m., 3s 6d; overtime from 10.15 p.m. to midnight, 4s 8d; Saturday afternoons, 4s Id; Saturday, 6 p.m. to midnight, 4s Bd.
Coal.—Ordinary rate, 2s lid per hour; overtime up to 10.15 p.m.. 3s lOd; overtime from 10.15 p.m. to midnight, 4s 6d; Saturday afternoon, 4s 4d; Saturdays, 6 p.m. to midnight, ss.
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Evening Post, Issue 11, 13 July 1936, Page 10
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162WAGES INCREASED Evening Post, Issue 11, 13 July 1936, Page 10
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