AGAINST WAGE REDUCTION
TYPOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION
(By Telegraph— Prest Association)
DUNEDIN, 9th December. The executive of the New Zealand Typographical Association lias issued a statement viewing with grave concern the demand of the Employers' Federation for wages reduction. The demand is characterised as a step on the road to coolie level, acting as an incentive to other countries in a vicious struggle for markets and to drive the workers still further clown in an attempt to capture an already glutted limited market. The hope of increased consumption in these markets 'is dubbed as illusionary, since in those countries served, the purchasing power has been steadily reduced to subsistence level. The statement concludes: "Employees are awakening to the need for encouragement of the evident possibility of the local market through greater purchasing power and consumption and maintaining higher wages. The introduction of the seven-hour day would offer a practical, if partial solution."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 10 December 1930, Page 7
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150AGAINST WAGE REDUCTION Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 10 December 1930, Page 7
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