SCRAMBLING FOR JOBS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 168, 20 July 1935, Page 9

SCRAMBLING FOR JOBS

CASUAL LABOUR CONDEMNED. Received Julv 19. 11.15 p.m. SYDNEY, July 19. Judge Bceby, in the Federal Arbitration Court to-day, condemned casual labour on the waterfront, during the hearing of a. claim by the Ship Painters ami Dockers’ Union for a new', award. He said there was nothingworse in any community than casual labour. The man who had no place in society but just wandered about hawking his labour by the hour, was in an , unenviable position. He pointed out that there was a small group of ship painters ami doc.kers earning a little over 60s a week, the next group 40s. ami the last group under 40s. The remedy seemed 1o be to limit the num her of men scrambling for jobs and throw the responsibility upon the Slate of finding work for the surplus. Mr. Bceby mentioned the case ol wharf workers in Brisbane a few years j ago, when at; least .14000 men were competing for work. Event ually I hey were reduced in number to 700, with the result that all were earning £1 a week and were perma iientl v employed.