CO129-623-1 Rubber Industry- report and correspondence on the labour situation 1-4-1950 - 31-1-1951 — Page 30

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of

Labour

Hong Kong personally,

show the decrease in piece work

earnings

between March and

диву

books produced to him were

with in any way. price-workers

for

March.

$

3.90.

1950, the Commissioner of Labour is satisfied that the

gemine factory pay The figures show the average daily earnings of five

books and had not been tampered,

three to day periods in March and July respectively.

5.40. Experienced

July

$

1.20

woman

.90

5.60

Worker

1.00

2.80

1.50

2.80

Learner

1.00

3.50

1.10.

3.40

1.30

4.20

Experienced

1.30

4.30

Worker

1:20

1. Yo

1.60

3.20

Learner

1.30

3.40

1.Yo

2.40

1.40

3.00

Learner

1.40

4.00

2.00.

These figures

were taken at random

from

the

factory's books and

they

beau

out

the statements of

certain women workers who have

been interviewed by the Cominussioner of

eaming's of any

worker in

representing

2 to 3 hours wak

даву

Labour. The lowest daily

were

Yo cents to 80 cents, with his han

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(ii) The presence of police at the factory has already been explained.

In this connection

Accountant

were

24th November,

(iii) the number

the Local Manager of the

Manage of the factory and his

Securely assaulted by some of the pickets on the

had to seek police protection.

and

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worker/involved is not

more than 1200.

liv

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