TAXI-DRIVERS’ AWARD
TEST CASE IN CHRISTCHURCH. By Telegraph—Prei* Aiiociation. CHRISTCHURCH, August 21. A case of importance to all industrial Unions was heard this morning when O. S. Trillo, proprietor of the Gold Band Taxis, was charged by the Labour Department with two breaches of the Taxi Drivers’ Award, by failing to pay employees the minmum wage, and by entering into an arrangement with the same employees, all taxi drivers, to defeat the operation of the award. The defence was that there was no employment in the terms of the Act, and that the men all worked on a share ; basis. Decision was reserved.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18350, 22 August 1929, Page 5
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103TAXI-DRIVERS’ AWARD Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18350, 22 August 1929, Page 5
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