WAGE REDUCTION PROPOSED
SAWMILLERS OF AUCKLAND.
40 PER CENT. CUT SUGGESTED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, June 16. A 40 per cent, reduction in wages for all classes of workers is contained in a proposal by country sawmillers for a new award. The proposals, if given effect, would reduce a labourer’s wage from 15s daily, less 10 per cent., to 9s, and skilled workers from 18s to 10s. There is also a proposal to increase the week from 47 to 48 hours.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 June 1932, Page 7
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81WAGE REDUCTION PROPOSED Taranaki Daily News, 17 June 1932, Page 7
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