THE SEWER PIECEWORK.
(To the Editor.) Sir.--How many ratepayers would object to the workers on the sewer in--.king 9 - a day. Surely standing in the bottom of a 7ft. trench with wet. feet and throwing muck ail day is quite as hard as the channeling work. Even "if piece work is the fairest way." the price should not be fixed at what the very best men can make on a spurt. Just consider the position <>F these unfortunate men. who are the victims of this cruel bungling. Seine of them are married men with wives and families to keep The Council thinks the loan will stand keeping several inspectors and officials walking about at four, five, and six pour 3- . . - *■•■•! the workers who <1 are to be white slave--. N -.- lav. forbids piece-work in .i bi,”di;ig and other trades, but ;..b is not right.
Puce-work is all right if the price i ; not too low. But that is just the point. Let (lie officials in charge try a week on the trenches at Bki, and if it would not appeal to their conscience it might appeal to thenvery bones. It amounts to what Burns said: "That man's inhumanity to man makes countless thou sands mourn.”—l am. etc.. RATEPAYER.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 4, 15 December 1910, Page 1
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208THE SEWER PIECEWORK. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 4, 15 December 1910, Page 1
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