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SUCCESS OF CO-OPERATIVE CONTROL. By Cable—Tress Association —Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. CHICAGO. March 14. The Australian Industrial Mission spent four hours at the Swiff, Company’s meat works, which employ 6000 workers at Chicago, with total activities of 35,000. Wages and conditions are decided by an assembly consisting of. thirty representatives elected periodically by the employees of the various denartments, and thirty employers’ representatives, who disclose all information, including that relating to finance. There has been no disagreement since the assembly was established in 192 U. The assembly voted a reduct on in wages in 1921, and voted an increase in 1923, establishing tho rate at whch the industry is now stable. The employees are paid by the hour, and guaranteed forty hours per week, sometimes working sixty, with an average of fifty. The minimum wages per hour for men aro 4 ls 9d, and for women Is sd. The maximum for men is 3s sd, and for women Is lid for tusk work, wit'll 50 per cent, bonuses for over-production.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 17 March 1927, Page 2
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175WORK IN U.S.A. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 17 March 1927, Page 2
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