NEW ZEALAND SEAMEN
THE LATEST DEMANDS MOVE FOR INCREASED WAGES { Special “ Chronicle ' Service J WELLINGTON, May 20. Reports that the various firms of shipowners interest'd in the New Zealand carrying trade have met and entered upon an agreement to resist the newly-filed; demands of the New Zealand Seamen’s Union for a 44-hour week and an all-round increase iu wages of nearly £2 per month worn denied by the representative of one or the biggest shipowners to-day. ‘‘Up to the present we have not considered the seamen’s demands?" said t.his gentleman. "The 4 award unoer which they are working must run until the end of June and the position will then be looked* into."
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20151, 21 May 1928, Page 6
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113NEW ZEALAND SEAMEN Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20151, 21 May 1928, Page 6
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