INDUSTRIAL UNREST IN AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE, May 31. A report made by the Secretary of Labour to the State Premier regarding the industrial unrest and the pi'omotion of efficiency recommends a more general adoption of piecework in framing the determination of Wages Boards as a corrective for slowing down, and profit-sharing as an incentive to emplovees to do good work. SYDNEY, June 4. Three hundred cold storage men have struck as a protest against the refusal of the employers to grant the 5s increase previously awarded. The men have decided, however, to handle food for the troops, hospitals, and charitable institutions.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3247, 7 June 1916, Page 24
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100INDUSTRIAL UNREST IN AUSTRALIA Otago Witness, Issue 3247, 7 June 1916, Page 24
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