WAGES AND LIVING COSTS
REVIEW EVERY SIX MONTHS ADVOCATED [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, April 30. Arising out of f lic application by the Federation of Labour to the Court of Arbitration for a fixture for the hearing of a general case for wage increases, in which the court would bo asked to make an order for an immediate and simultaneous increase in all award wages to meet the increased cost of living, a conference between the employers and manufacturers’ representatives and ' the federation was hold in Wellington last week. The decision of the conference was that representations be made to the Government to introduce legislation empowering the court to amend the wage provisions of awards, taking into considertaion the cost of living and economic circumstances generally, such amendments to ho reviewed at not less than six-monthly periods.
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Evening Star, Issue 23564, 1 May 1940, Page 3
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138WAGES AND LIVING COSTS Evening Star, Issue 23564, 1 May 1940, Page 3
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