RAILWAYMEN PROTEST
DISAPPOINTED BY SALARY “CUTS” CLAIMS WAIVED IN, PAST Press Association WELLINGTON, Today. The president and secretary of the i Railwaymen’s Society have sent a i telegram to the Prime Minister exi pressing the grave disappointment of i railway men with his refusal to re- | store the salary “cuts” and following ! it with a statement to the effect that | a claim to an increase was waived in I 1924, rather than embarrass the Govi ernment in time of stress. 1 They had lagged behind other workers in the matter of bonuses and were I refused participation in the penny-an-hour increase granted to practically all other workers in 1925. They were ! hopeful that something would be done bearing in mind the large majority of men who had no increase since 1920 i and had suffered a big reduction in 1922. Although the Railways showed a i loss on the year's working the eoun- ! try made a profit. The Railways last year transported for about five millions freight that would have cost 23 millions by motors, and this should have been taken into account.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 804, 26 October 1929, Page 5
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183RAILWAYMEN PROTEST Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 804, 26 October 1929, Page 5
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