TRADE UNIONS
CONDITIONS OF WORK DEPUTATION TO PRIME MINISTER MR FORBES ADHERES TO POLICY (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, October 25. Increased wages and shorter hours of work were advocated by Mr J. Roberts on behalf of the New Zealand Alliance of Labour to-day during the course of a statement which he presented to the Prime Minister on behalf of the Trade Union movement of the Dominion. Among those present were the Minister of Employment, the Hon. A. Hamilton, the Minister of Lands, the Hon. E. A. Ransom, Labour members of Parliament and several members of the Coalition party. Mr Roberts contended that wage and salary reductions had aggravated the unemployment problem and in his opinion the only way by which prosperity could be restored was through the restoration of purchasing power, reform of currency and credit system, and an equitable distribution of the production of the Dominion to all those who rendered service to the community.
In replying the Prime Minister said the Government had come to the conclusion that the policy the Government was carrying out was the one most likely to be of greatest benefit to the people.
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Southland Times, Issue 22156, 26 October 1933, Page 8
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191TRADE UNIONS Southland Times, Issue 22156, 26 October 1933, Page 8
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