FREEZING WORKERS
ENGINEERS' SYMPATHY ;Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The Wellington branch of the Amalgamated .Society of Engineering and Allied Trades on November 23 'carried a resolution of sympathy with Hawke's Ray freezing workers in the .stand they had taken to secure a living wage, and for tlie service rendered the community. Tt was declared it was a public scandal that between 30 and 40 per cent, of those workers were only able to earn under - the award of the Arbitration Court roughly £3 to £3 5s a week during the season and were then dismissed when the labor market- was at its worst. They appealed to the workers through their industrial organisation to give every support to Ihe freezing workers.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16201, 26 November 1926, Page 11
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122FREEZING WORKERS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16201, 26 November 1926, Page 11
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