SKILLED TRADESWOMEN
PROTEST AGAINST WAGE AWARD. HIGHER' MINIMUM DESIRED. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, November 22. At a well-attended meeting of the combined Dressmakers’ and Milliners’ Unions, held in the Trades Hall, the secretary was instructed to forward to the Minister for Labour (the Hon. G. J. Anderson) the following resolution, which was carried unanimously: “That this meeting of the Dressmakers’ and Milliners’ Unions protests that the minimum wage of £2 2s 6d, as fixed by the Arbitration Court, is too low for the training, effort, skill, and experience needed in these trades. We are of opinion that the standard of women’s should be much higher than it is, and that where special skill and training are needed in skilled trades and professions, namely, clothing, shoemaking, printing, photography, nursing, stenography, etc., wages should be commensurate with the demand made to acquire efficiency. Equal pay for equal work iB only asking for justice for women, but, tailing such demand at the present time, we submit that a minimum wage of £3 per week should he fixed by the Legislature.’’
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11684, 23 November 1923, Page 3
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177SKILLED TRADESWOMEN New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11684, 23 November 1923, Page 3
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