LABOUR’S PROMISES
LEGISLATION PREVENTS THEIR EULFtLBifeNT By leiHurnt ?• -isMxtiatior AUCKLAND, September 3 Members df the Auckland Builders’ General and other Labourers’ Union passed the following resolution:— “This Union desires to draw the attention of the Prime Minister to certain portions of the recent legislation which make impossible of fulfilment many of Labour’s promises, and requests that consideration be given with a view to removing anomalies. In Union circles it has been generally understood that the 1931 industrial standards would not be re-established, resulting in the abolition of a good deal of youth exploitation ahd consequent displacement of adult workers. “As far as this Union is colicefned, the recent Finance Act appears to legalise the retention of this bad policy, for it says that if any alteration in the classification of workers has taken place since 1931 it shall not be interfered with. Hence, while the 1931 agreements prevent the exploitation of youth, it crept in afterwards, and is thus to be maintained thereby in a measure nullifying the 1931 standards.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20514, 4 September 1936, Page 8
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170LABOUR’S PROMISES Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20514, 4 September 1936, Page 8
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