THE EXERTION WAGE
There will, we think, be very, widespread sympathy with the Wellington Trades and Labor Council in their protest against the payment of an “exertion wage” to the workers in the Otira tunnel. The whole- point- of the objection to the : exertion wage seems to be that the agitators are anxious to cover up- the practice of limiting' 'the output. We could have some patience with the Wellington Council if they observed the ordinary courtesies of controversy. When the Prime Minister, in answer''to their protest, gave a straight forward statement of the position of the Government in the matter, the president of the Council thought fit to describe his letter as a “shuffle.. The workers’ leaders are eimply prejudicing their- cause by such wanton rudeness, and if Labor desires sympathetic consideration for its grievances it will have to keep its chosen representatives under severe restraint. —“Lyttelton Times.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2491, 3 May 1909, Page 2
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149THE EXERTION WAGE Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2491, 3 May 1909, Page 2
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