A shrewd business man. m Dunedin I who has liad ai wide experience m the: settlement of industrial disputes, is of the opinion that there would be much less difficulty about increasing wages to something more than a living wage, which is the fixed standard (now enviously unsatisfactory) of the Arbitratiehi Court aWt more or less authoritative economists, if organised workers offered', m return for concessions, a decided increase m their Working capacity, especially during the war period. Careful observation and records show that m many industries and activities the output of workers' energy has shown a tendency to decrease substantially, while demands have been slu*ewdly directed towards obtaining substantial increa.se m earnings. There is a limit to the policy of; less work and more wages.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14711, 17 September 1918, Page 9
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