WAGES AND HOURS
RAILWAYMEN'S PROTESTS
The following resolutions regarding the 5 per cent, increase in wages and the 40-hour week have been adopted by the Wellington branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants: —
"That this meeting/of the Wellington branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, representing 1100 members, emphatically protests against the 5 per cent, increase in wages awarded by the Court of Arbitration. We consider that at least 10 per cent, increase is needed to meet the increase in the cost of living. We request that not only railwaymen, but all workers and also those in receipt of sustenance and pension rates be granted this increase."
"That this meeting of members of the Wellington branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railwa/ Servants stvongly resents the continual demands of the local bodies and chambers of commerce for the abolition of the 40-hour week and its substitution by a 48-hour week. We hereby reaffirm our adherence to the 40-hour week and shall strongly oppose its abolition or suspension in any degree."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 50, 27 August 1940, Page 7
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172WAGES AND HOURS Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 50, 27 August 1940, Page 7
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