BASIC WAGE
WOMEN WANT EXEMPTION ' [Per Press Association! AUCKLAND, Oct. 16. | Fearing that the basic wage may ■ ; adversely affect existing conditions, : representatives of the female workers ' are moving to prevent the fixation of j wages by the Arbitration Court for | ! women. The Minister is understood i i already to have been approached, and | i failing action by him it is stated that j j application will be made to the Court ■ |to exempt females from the basic \ i wage provisions of the I.C. and A. ' I Act. ■ The grounds for fears are stated to i be that wartime bonuses for women | were only half that for men and, with the possibility of the male basic wage being fixed at £4 for a family of five people, the women’s share Is likely to be considerably less than half. The prime movers in the matter are the clothing trade and hotel workers.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 246, 17 October 1936, Page 11
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150BASIC WAGE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 246, 17 October 1936, Page 11
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