DAIRY INDUSTRY.
WAGES AND CONDITIONS.
CLAIMS OF THE MEN,
(Per Press Association.) " AUCKLAND, this day,
The" wages find conditions o. L ' employment! of the dairy industry were hofore thc-Arbitrution Court. Claims for higher''wages were made on their* hehalf by ill'. P, John, .secretary of the Dairy factory Employees' Union, who enlarged on the prosperity of dairying. He spoke of the very long hours, .Sunday work, and work on holidays. Mr. John said the long hours could he curtailed by better management at dairy factories. He asked that ,52 hours be made the basis of a normal week's work. Long hours, strenuous work, and low wages were responsible for many men giving up their employment. It was asked that the wages q£ general hands be increased from £3 16s to £4 4s per week. Mr. William Dick, manager of the Standard Butter Factory, Auckland, expressed the opinion that factories 6ould be run on n 48-hour week of six'days. He got better results by giving'men one day off per week.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16425, 8 May 1924, Page 2
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