LATEST NEWS RAILWAYMEN’S WAGES
THE TERMS OF SETTLEMENT
BASED OX COST OF LIVING
PRINCIPLE TO APPLY TO IRELAND
(Australian and N.Z. and Reuter.) Received January 17, 12.10 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 15.
An official statement of the terms accepted by the raihvaymen shows that the Government has not departed from the principle of basing the standard rates on an average, -instead of the highest pre-war rate, as demanded by the raihvaymen. The Government will also adhere to its sliding scale based on the cost of living, but agree to a graduate increase in the war wages of grades not included in the Government’s proposals. The Government further agrees to extend the principle of •settlement to the Irish raihvaymen.
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Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14266, 17 January 1920, Page 5
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