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railway refreshment STAFFS(Per press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Aptil 25Hon D- G- SulUvan, Alin ster of Railways,, states that arrangements have been made which will materially improve the position of tho employees in the Railway Refreshment Branch. It hasi been decided to make the revised.' rates of pay retrospective to December 21, 1936, and any adjustmen s, consequent upon the declarat on ot the basic wage, w>H be operative as from November! 2, 1936- . , “The effect of the changes decided upon,’’ said Mr Sullivan,, “is. in general, to bring the pay and allowances of the Railway Refreshment Branch employees into line, as far as practicable, with the provisions of the New Zealand tea rooms and restaurant workers’ award-’’ In those instances where the Railway Department’s 1931 rates of pay exceed the award rate of 1931, the rate will be retained. Bookstall assistants, also, wi 1 continue to be employed under the same conditions as to pay aud allowances as the waitresses-
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Grey River Argus, 26 April 1937, Page 7
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