POST-WAR WAGES
Unions Against Change
LONDON. Sept. 6.
The Trades Union Congress, at its closing session, decided to oppose any interference with the wages system after the war.
The general secretary (Sir Walter Citrine) introduced a report dealing with wage pbllcy in war time. He said that some measure of inflation of prices in war time was inescapable. The workers would not stand for a policy of stabilising wages with sliding scales, the operation of which would mean gross inequity in some industries.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CL, Issue 22063, 9 September 1941, Page 6
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83POST-WAR WAGES Timaru Herald, Volume CL, Issue 22063, 9 September 1941, Page 6
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