SERVICEMEN SEEKING WORK IN BRITAIN
LACK OF PUBLIC INTEREST (Sj'ecial Correspondent—N.Z.P.A.) Recd. 8 p.m. London, Jan. 10. Difficulties encountered by demobilised men in securing employment are being brought more prominently to the public’s notice. Many report they find a lack of interest taken in them, often by their old firms, and a tendency to discount the experience gained during the war as no qualification for civilian occupa-
On the other hand, there are 14 trades and services in Britain to-day with a labour shortage of 40,000 each, compared with their pre-war position. This, it is reported, is leading to some competition between major industries, and even firms in the same industry, to secure labour. The b:ggest demand is for shop assistants, while building, printing and bookbinding, wool textiles, cotton spinning, furniture making, and the restaurant service are all seeking workers’.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 9, 11 January 1946, Page 5
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