TRADES AND LABOUR.
Press Association—B;>, Teiegrapli— Copyright, . ' INCREASING WAGES. , NEW YORK, June 20. (Received June 30, at 0.7 a.m.) The American Steel Corporation aro raising tho wages of 100,000 employees 10 per cent., at nn annual cost of 4,000,000d01. " , THE EIGHT-HOURS SYSTEM. SYDNEY, Juno 30. . (Received Juno 30, at 11 p.m.) On July 1 eight hours como into operation with the tramway and railway working staffs at a cost of £60,000 per annum. The commissioners aro strongly opposed to the principle, and tho cost will bo home by the general taxpayer instead of coining from the railway revenue.
A Wellington telegram states that the Slaughtermen's Union liavorofornxl tho'dispute with .tho Gear Company and tho Wellington Meat Export Company, concerning rates of pay, tu the Conciliation Board.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 12393, 1 July 1902, Page 5
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