DISSATISFIED WORKERS
CONTRACT SYSTEM OPPOSED WESTPORT MEN'S COMPLAINT [by TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WESTPORT, Monday Dissatisfaction with the co-operative contract system under which the Westport Aerodrome at North Beach is being constructed by the Public Works Department found concrete expression to-day, when 15 men who had been engaged on the work refused to carry on any longer and waited on the Mayor, Mr. Kilkenny, to present their grievances to him. The men contended .the system did not permit of their earning 5s a day. The Mayor and three representatives of the men later interviewed the Public Works engineer, who, however, stated the contract system was that which ly had been instructed to inaugurate, and in the absence of instructions to the contrary there was nothing he could do. As a sequel to the discussions, the Mayor telegraphed to Mr. P. C. Webb, MP. for Buller, asking him to interview the Minister of Employment, the Hon. A. Hamilton, and ask him to have the position reviewed or the men given an opportunity to work elsewhere. Failing that, it was requested that sustenance be arranged.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21932, 16 October 1934, Page 10
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