DAIRY FACTORY EMPLOYEES
CLAIM FOR HIGHER WAGES. Auckland, May 8, The wages and conditions of employment in the dairy industry was before the Arbitration Court. Claims for higher wages were made on their behalf by Mr P. John, secretary of the Dairy Factory Employees Union, who enlarged on the prospect of dairying. Ha spoke of the very long hours, Sunday work and work on holidays, Mr John said the long hours could be curtailed by better management at dairy factories aud asked that 52 hours be made the basis of a normal week’s work. Long hours, strenuous work, and low wages were responsible for many men giving up their employment. It was asked that the wages of general hands be increased from £3 16s to £4 4s per week.
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Te Puke Times, 9 May 1924, Page 3
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