Kōrero: Rural workers

Shearers’ notice, 1873

Shearers’ notice, 1873

This notice in the Timaru Herald states that North Otago shearers have passed a resolution not to work for less than £1 (20 shillings) per 100 sheep, and invites Timaru shearers to cooperate. Rural workers exercised their power by grouping together and withholding labour if they were not fairly paid. Shearers in the eastern South Island in the 1870s were the first New Zealand rural workers to form unions.

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National Library of New Zealand, Papers Past
Reference: Timaru Herald, 31 October 1873, p. 2

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Carl Walrond, 'Rural workers - Grain and crops', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/document/17213/shearers-notice-1873 (accessed 19 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008