DISSATISFIED

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 840, 7 December 1929, Page 15

DISSATISFIED

POSTAL OFFICIALS MEET ON MONDAY CLASSIFICATION CRITICISED A general meeting of the Post and Telegraph Employees’ Association, called for Monday evening, is likely to b© one of the largest held in Auckland for some considerable time. Expression is being freely given by the various city ,and suburban post office ’staffs in connection with the meagre treatment meted out to employees, especially in the matter of salary adjustments. The recentlypublished classification list has been the means of greatly increasing the unrest, owing to the creation of a clerical division special clp.ss for those holding a theoretical examination, while practical men, equally and in many cases more deserving, have been passed over. No improvements for men of the general division were made. A noticeable feature of the classification list is that whereas there are 1,972 men on the maximum of the clerical division, there are only 716 administrative, professional and executive positions in front of them. This, the employees consider, disposes of the departmental argument that everyone has a chance of promotion. It is felt that the political policy as embodied in the list is the work of the departmental heads, and that the Postmaster-General has left matters entirely to them. This, along with the general salary question, will be the main points of discussion at the meeting. Matters relating to compulsory retirement at 40 years and the minimum wage question are also likely to take up a large amount of time. Mr. J. H. McKenzie, of the Post and Telegraph Employees’ Association, general secretary, will be on the platform all the evening.