CLERKS IN UNION.
AT. AUCKLAND; y X '"': ;.'.' " A""X -i iXAVCs£issiy, Msnday. «3i ! 1 fc Au J klaai l ■ QlefM fttdijjtrial iJriiofl, tte .first ti i« KBd ifl ffie Donrinion,'has been registered, with a niem berehip of about 40. A movement is on : foot to form similar unions in Christ- ' church, Napier, eto. . The union is designed to embrace all classes of clerical ' workers: .After it has gained strength ap applteatioa will be made to the Arbitraition Court for ail award, it is understood that preference fbr unionists ■ will be asked for, and that the Court .-willrbe requested to make iio distineiion i between sexes -li-the' of wages. The unioriiste aH^that ihe increased employment of girls is ledger clerks has ' lOTiwea_ ; Hi ; e.j.jrien!s wage?, .ftrid they ' ttjink.Jhal. if the;j__me.wag^6Jiad-to be ; paid' to' .both sexes the men would get ' preference. It is;'sta£ed that the average ' wage of a' a junior, clerk in Auckland is ' now iBl 5s to _Sll5»/and of ledger clerks 1 .£2; to £2 10s ; .a week? " • '. r- •
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 9 November 1909, Page 3
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168CLERKS IN UNION. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 9 November 1909, Page 3
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