WELLINGTON WOOLLEN MILL.
EMPLOYEES DEMAND MORE WAGES
[BT TELEGRAPH. PHES3 ASSOCIATION.]
Wellington*, Thursday: The Wellington Woollen Mill Employees' Union recently presented «a request for a 10 per cent, increase in all wages owiri" to the increased cost of living. , The company replied that it could not grant the ■■"'
increase, as the output had been fully booked at rates based on the present award wages. The- company had net been unmindful of the operatives in the past, and the latter were now earning good wages, with overtime. It is understood that the operatives will refuse to work overtime.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16150, 11 February 1916, Page 9
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97WELLINGTON WOOLLEN MILL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16150, 11 February 1916, Page 9
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