CLERKS’ UNION
EXPENSIVE ADMINISTRATION
SYDNEY, September 5
After a long and, at times, stormy debate, a special meeting of the New South Wales branch of the Federated Clerks’ Union last night approved the dismissal of the bookkeeper (Miss L. Graves) and one of the union organisers (Mr A. Evers). This step was taken to effect economies in administration, which the president (Mr A. E. Williams) declared to be ruinously expensive. Mr Williams said his investigations revealed that the branch was a monument of inefficiency, that the office records were chaotic, and the financial position deplorable.
“Administration costs the branch £1547 a year,” he said. “Other expenses, such as office rent, legal and travelling expenses, amount to some £5OO per annum . With members pacing 26/- per annum in subscriptions, our yearly income amounts to little over £lOOO. Therefore, if present conditions are allowed to continue, the branch will be faced at the end of the year with a deficit of at least £1000.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 September 1928, Page 9
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