ALLEGED WASTAGE OF TIME
COMPLAINT AGAINST WATERSIDERS By Telegraph—Press Association NEW PLYMOUTH, October 30. Because they allege that waterfront workers arrive at work after the appointed time and leave before the time set for finishing, employers of waterside labour at New Plymouth have advised the Waterside Workers’ Union that in future the men will be paid only for the actual time they are on the job. Under the award, the workers have been allowed five minutes to reach the job from the bureau where they are hired, but it is alleged that the practice has been abused, with resultant loss of a considerable aggregate sum to the employers when several hundred men are working. It is stated that the situation at New Plymouth is not an isolated one, and it is possible that the move of the employers will be of national importance.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21181, 31 October 1938, Page 8
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143ALLEGED WASTAGE OF TIME Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21181, 31 October 1938, Page 8
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