RAILWAY CURTAILMENTS.
SHORT TIME FOR AUCKLAND CASUALS. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Aug. 11. All the casual hands, 73 in number, employed in tho Auckland inward and outward railway goods sheds received notice to-day that they would no longer be treated as “permanent casuals,” with a guarantee of 48 hours’ work weekly, but would be placed on the list of “emergency casuals” and called upon when required. The men receive a wage of Is lOd an hour, and a guarantee has assured them a wage of £4 8s per week. The effect of the notice will be to institute a system of short time, under which presumably all will be treated alike. The alternative would have been to discharge, say, 20 of the men.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 219, 12 August 1930, Page 6
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123RAILWAY CURTAILMENTS. Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 219, 12 August 1930, Page 6
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