LABOUR DISPUTES
GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN’S REPORT Industrial disputes in New Zealand for the nine months ended September 30, 1940, totalled 43, compared with 55 for the same period of 1939, reports the Government Statistician. Further details, with the corresponding figures for last year were: Firms affected, 66 (624); workers involved 8638 (13,577); duration, 1313 days (381 days); working days lost, 19,667 <44,551); approximate loss in wages, £21,073 (£50,166). The industries mainly affected were shipping and cargo working, coal mining and meat freezing. The figures show an improvement over those for last year, but they are above the average, last year's aggregate of disputes and wages lost being the second highest since 1925, >the (highest having been in 1938.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21821, 26 November 1940, Page 7
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117LABOUR DISPUTES Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21821, 26 November 1940, Page 7
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