QUEENSLAND WAGE CUTS
UNIONS’ STRONG PROTEST. BRISBANE, July 11. In accordance with the decision of the Arbitration Court, papers have been served on a number of unions, seeking a reduction in wages of £lO to £l5 per annum for males, and £7 to £l2 for females; for classified positions £.15, and for unclassified positions £l2. With the Public Service basic wage at twenty-one this should be £2OO per annum for males and £l5O for females. | The committees of the unions involved held a meeting and passed a .resolution calling on the rank and file jof the Parliamentary Labour Party to declare their attitude towards the I Government’s violation of Labour : pledges.
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Grey River Argus, 12 July 1922, Page 2
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