SKILLED LABOUR
SOUTH ISLAND APPEAL MOTOR BODY INDUSTRY DUNEDIN, July 17. “After making a tour of the Soul:. Island in the interests of the motor body industry I find that employers are experiencing the same difficulties as those in the North Island; there is a great shortage of skilled labour,’ said Mr. John E. Hunt, of Wellington, president of the coach and Motor Body Builders’ Federation of Employers. “The shortage is so acute that employers are carefully considering making an application to the Court, of Arbitration to have the working hours increased to 44 a week.” Mr. Hunt said he had also found that employers in the south were strongly opposed to the proposal of the Workers’ Union to reduce the number of apprentices to men. Employers were sympathetic to the ideals of the Government in training youths in industry, but they thought that the ratio should be one boy to one tradesman until the present depleted ranks of skilled tradesmen were brought up to lhe requisite number.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 167, 18 July 1939, Page 12
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168SKILLED LABOUR Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 167, 18 July 1939, Page 12
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