WAGE SCALE SLIGHTLY INCREASED
STOREMEN AND PACKERS’ UNION [United Press Association] WELLINGTON, This Day. A slightly increased wage scale is the principal feature of the agreement reached at the Conciliation Council between employers in the soft goods industry and the Federated Storemen and Packers’ Union. The agreement, which is based on a 42-hour week, is national. For junior male employees the wage is increased by 2s 6d a week. There is no rise among seniors until the eighth year j of service, when it goes from £5 to £5 | ss. Travellers’ wages are fixed at £5 [ 15s for the first year, and after two I years £5 17s 6d. For female workers there is a general rise throughout the | schedule of 2s 6d to £3 2s 6d. The new wages are in addition to the J 5 per cent, increase recently made by the Court’s general order. I
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 4 December 1940, Page 6
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