FORESTRY WORKERS’ HOURS REDUCED
WELLINGTON. Mar 23. The New Zealand (except Westland) Forestry Workers’ Union award issued to-day grants a 40-hour week in place of the former 88-hour fortnight. The minimum rates of hourly wages range from 3s 73d for a ganger -o 3s lOd for a graderman .and weekly wages from £6 15s for patrols' and for cooks for up to 20 men. to £7 16s Gd for mechanics and blacksmith. Lorry drivers’ rates range from £7 7s 8d weekly Io £8 Is Bd.
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Grey River Argus, 24 March 1949, Page 3
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85FORESTRY WORKERS’ HOURS REDUCED Grey River Argus, 24 March 1949, Page 3
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