Building workers returned to work on Monday after a five week strike. The main cause of the strike was a refusal by the Master Builders' Association to grant the Builders' Labourers Federation a S 6.00 wage increase and a reduction of work classifications from five to two. On Friday of last week, the labourers agreed to return to work when the N.S.W. M.B.A. offered an immediate interim rise of $ 2.50 a week for all builders labourers classifications pending negotiations and a work value case where any increases granted by the Arbitration Court will be payable from ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Tharunka (Kensington, NSW : 1953 - 2010), Tue 9 Jun 1970, Page 2
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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