BID FOR HIGH WAGES
AUSTRALIAN CLERKS £lB WEEKLY FOR CHIEFS By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Reed. 12.25 p.m. MELBOURNE, To-day The new log prepared by the Federated Clerks’ Union of Australia, to be submitted to the Arbitration Court, asks for equal pay for men and women, and a basic wage of £ 6 at 21 years of age. It fixes the daily hours at from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and asks observance of all public holidays, with the payment rate treble time for holidays and Sundays.
There is provision also for three weeks’ annual holiday on full pay, and 13 weeks’ leave after 10 years’ service. The wages claimed, other than the minimum, range up to £lB weekly for accountants and chief clerks.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 91, 8 July 1927, Page 9
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