CASUAL LABOUR
SYSTEM CONDEMNED *» " BAD FOR THE COMMUNITY - AUSTRALIAN JUDGE'S VIEW By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received July 19, 0.45 p.m.) SYDNEY. July 19 In the Federal Arbitration Court to-day Mr. Justice Beeby condemned casual labour on the waterfront. During the hearing of a claim by the Ship Painters and Dockers' Union for a new award, he said there was nothing worse for any community than casual labour.
A man who had no place in society but just wandered about hawking his iabour by the hour was in an unenviable position. His Honor said there was a small group of ship painters and dockers earning little over £3 a week, the next group £2, and the last group less than £2. The remedy seemed to be to limit the number of men scrambling for jobs and to throw the responsibility upon the State of finding work for the surplus.
Inference was made by His Honor to the case of wharf workers in Brisbane a few years ago, when at least 1400 men were ccimpeting for work. Their number eventually was reduced to 700, with the result that all were earning £4 a week now and were permanently employed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22166, 20 July 1935, Page 13
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