WAGES ORDER
CLAIM FOR EXEMPTION HOSPITAL BOARD DECISION (By TelcgTspb.—Special to Times'* AUCKLAND. Tuesday The Auckland Hospital Board decided last night to appeal for exemption from the five per cent general wages increase ordered by the Court of Arbitration. It was stated that the order would mean an extra burden of £7OOO, and if the nurses and other non - award sections were treated equally, there would be a further £4500 a year. 10 PER CENT INCREASE VIEWS OF RAILWAY SERVANTS (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Monday A meeting of the Wellington branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants passed the following resolutions:— “This meeting, representing 1100 members, emphatically protests against the 5 per cent increase in wages awarded by the Arbitration Court. We consider at least 10 per cent is needed to meet the increase in the cost of living, and request that not only railwaymen, but all workers, be granted this increase, and also those in receipt of sustenance and pensions.” “This meeting strongly resents the continual demands of local bodies and chambers of commerce for the abolition of the 40-hour week and its substitution by a 48-hour week. We hereby reaffirm our adherence to the 40-hour week and shall strongly oppose its abolition or suspension in any degree.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21202, 27 August 1940, Page 2
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210WAGES ORDER Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21202, 27 August 1940, Page 2
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