COST OF LIVING
RAILWAY OFFICERS' PROTEST. WELLINGTON, February 27. At a meeting of the Wellington branch of the Railway Officers' Institute the following resolution was passed;—"That, in view of discontentment and dissatisfaction existing and evidenced by officers of the railway service owing to the present high and prospective higher cost of living, and the inadequate remuneration oaid to officers, this branch calls upon the executive of the council to take immediate action with a view to obtaining the finding: of the Wages Board, and to have the same brought into operation immediately. It is again pointed out that the financial position of, the railway officers and the conditions of employment are having a serious effect upon the efficiency of the service. Whilst the living cost on tfhree food groups alone has increased over 50 per cent., the increases paid since 1914 to April, 1918, vary from only 7 per cent, in the highest to 20 per cent, in the lowest grade."
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Otago Witness, Issue 3442, 2 March 1920, Page 24
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