THE RESTORATION OF WAGES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22999, 30 September 1936, Page 6

THE RESTORATION OF WAGES

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—Since the raising of wages in various forms of employment is a general subject of discussion, I wish to be enlightened a little further. In your issue of the 22nd there appears a statement in the sporting columns " that racing clubs are by law required to raise salaries to 1931 level, they being in the same position as all other employers of labour.” Now, do station managers, ploughmen, and other station hands come under that requirement of the law? If so, have the salaries of station managers been restored? In one or two cases the station managers refuse to raise the wages of their ploughmen and other employees. Could you, Sir. but see the conditions these ploughmen have to put up with, you would not blame them for demanding a higher wage in compensation for the general lack of sanitary and comfortable accommodation. On some stations the accommodation is of such a character that it is unreasonable to ask any hard-working man to accept it. The sooner something is done che better in regard to both wages and accommodation. There is too much paying of the higher rates tr the man with a soft job, while the genuine worker is as a slave. At present I think the feeling of station workers all over the country is pretty well inflamed.—l am. etc.,

One Per Foursome. Hampden, September 23.