WORKERS’ CONDITIONS.
DEPUTATION TO PRIAIE AIINISTER. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Sept. 26. Several matters relating to the conditions under which public works employees are engaged were brought before Sir Joseph Ward by a deputation from the New Zealand Workers Union. Air Cook, the general secretary, said that dissatisfaction still existed with the piecework rates. There were dozens of men who were not making more than 8s to 13s per day. There was also the question of the los6 of privileges through men being transferred from a standard job to relief works. It was further asked that free railway passes at the annual holiday time be granted to public works employees and their families in very isolated districts. Sir Joseph Ward promised to confer with the Alinister of Public Works and the Alinister of Railways. He was sympathetic with regard both to the request for free passes and the question of the loss of privileges where men were transferred to relief works. Air H. E. Holland, who introduced the deputation, said that there should be some method of appeal if it was felt that tho rate was fixed at too low a point. Sir Joseph Ward: Quite so.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 256, 27 September 1929, Page 2
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197WORKERS’ CONDITIONS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 256, 27 September 1929, Page 2
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