FARM WAGES
BILL TD FOLLOW MORTGAGE LEGISLATION [Per United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, August 10. As soon as the Mortgage Adjustment Bill is through the. Minister of Labour (Mr Armstrong) will introduce legislation governing the wages and conditions of employment of workers on dairy farms. Mr Armstrong said that this Bill, which makes provision for annual holidays, is based on an agreement with the Farmers’ Union. It is not proposed to go beyond the scope of the agreement. Once this legislation became law there was little doubt that other farm workers would come in. Mr Armstrong said it was probable that there would be further negotiations with the Farmers’ Union on their behalf. ■
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Evening Star, Issue 22413, 10 August 1936, Page 11
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112FARM WAGES Evening Star, Issue 22413, 10 August 1936, Page 11
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