item details
NameCaught in the act! booklet
ProductionNew Zealand Waterside Workers' Federation; producer; 1948; Wellington
Classificationpamphlets, printed ephemera
Materialspaper, printing ink
Materials Summary"Caught in the act!", propaganda supporting the N.Z. Waterside Workers' Union
DimensionsOverall: 138mm (width), 212mm (height), 2mm (depth)
Registration NumberGH024984
Credit lineGift of Leslie and Shirley Megget, on behalf of Joyce Megget, 2016
Overview
Booklet featuring a cartoonish businessman wearing a top hat and tails, patting a chiselled-looking worker on the shoulder with his left hand while he steals bills and coins from him with his right. Contents include: 'WAGE INCREASE! 'Workers' Immediate Need,' says 'Jock' Barnes, National President N.Z. Waterside Workers' Union'. 'ROBBERY OF THE WORKERS'. 'THE WATERSIDERS' FIGHT FOR A WAGE INCREASE IS A FIGHT FOR A RISE OF £1/10/- PER WEEK FOR YOU'.