DISMISSAL OF WORKERS.
POST. AND TELEGRAPH MEN,
EXPLANATION OF THE POSITION. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WELLINGTON, Friday. The action of the Post and Telegraph Department in dispensing with the services of a number of men employed on outside work in and around Auckland, owing to a shortage of work, was referred to this morning by' the Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department, Mr. G. : McNamara.
He stated the position was in no way unusual. The men affected were not linesmen, but were labourers engaged in digging trenches and .so on. The work on which they were engaged had been completed, and as the men were casuals the department had no option but to dispense with their services. Labourers were employed as work came and the department employed and dismissed as many as 100 casual employees a mouth.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20420, 23 November 1929, Page 12
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138DISMISSAL OF WORKERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20420, 23 November 1929, Page 12
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