UNEMPLOYMENT

Evening Star, Issue 21934, 22 January 1935, Page 11

UNEMPLOYMENT

GROUPS TO REPORT The following groups under No. 5 scheme report for work at 8 a.m. tomorrow : WORKS DEPARTMENT. 301—Gladstone road, at Gleneairn 3031-Signal Hill Road, one mile above M'Gregor street (meet at JPGregor street at 8). 305 Butler street, at Highgate. 306 — Highcliff road, at city boumlarv. 307 Dean street, at County road. 312 Melbourne street yard. 313 — Pitcairn street, at sanitary stables. 317 Gladstone road, at Gleneairn 325—Playfair street, at Murray strefit 338-lHavelock street, at Whitby street. 3,000s —Melbourne, street yard. 3,001s —Melbourne street yard. 3,005n —Woodhaugh street, at quarry. ‘RESERVES DEPARTMENT. 265, 294, 333, 512, 710—At Opoho football ground. 318 — At Upper Gardens, Opoho. 511, 704, 705—At Montecillo football ground. 324—At Chisholm Park. GAMP FOR MARRIED MEN FURTHER PROTESTS [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON. January 21. A statement issued by the National Union of Unemployed says: “A matter of grave public moment is the Unemployment Board’s determination to compel married men to accept the Public Works Department’s camp work at what the administration describes as standard wages—namely, 10s per day, less time lost through wet weather, The statement proceeds: ‘‘The board has commenced to enforce this policy at Ohai, Southland, .where thirty men have been deprived of work near "their homes and ordered to proceed to a Public Works camp job forty miles distant. These men have refused to recognise the right of the Government compulsorily to draft men away from their families. “ The executive of the National Union has been urging on the Government and the Unemployment Board to abandon the policy. Mr W. Bromley, deputy-chairman of the board, had stated that if the unemployed men refused 1 to accept this work they would be debarred from further relief. When requested to offer camp work to single men at the same rates and cohditions he declined, stating that if the Public Works Department decided to accept single men for the work the board would reduce the subsidy on wages to the lower level compatible with the lower single men’s rate._ National Union contends that, in insisting on married men accepting this camp work against their will, the boat'd is endeavouring to establish the evil principle of compulsion in the relationship of employer to employee. The work would be directly beneficial to the property owners in localities to be improved. and they arc quite capable of bearing portion of the cost, which would ensure a family living wage payment to the essential labourer.”