A REDUCTION OF WAGES.
AGREEMENT BY MARITIME BOARD. Received April 24. 5.5 p.m. LONDON, April 23. A conference of the Maritime Board resumed consideration of tlSe proposal to reduce wages. After a long and friendly discussion, the seafarers’ representatives agreed to recommend their constituents to accept the following terms, which the shipowners’ representatives accepted, namely, from May 6th, wages of officers and men to be reduced by 50 shillings per month on monthly boats and 8/7 per week on weekly boats. It was further agreed that the rates for overtime and runs be revised by various panels within a month. It was also agreed to set up a special committee of nine representing seafarers, and nine representing shipowners, to examine the practicability of framing a scheme for the permanent regulation of wages on an agreed basis.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18161, 25 April 1921, Page 5
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136A REDUCTION OF WAGES. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18161, 25 April 1921, Page 5
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