SPREADING OF HOURS

Chronicle (Levin), 30 August 1946, Page 8

SPREADING OF HOURS

TRANSPORT DRIVERS ADAMANT WELLINGTON, Angust 28. Drivers would not tolerate a fortnightly spread of hours any longex. Tliev should be placed in tlie same posi-

liou as other workers and on a weekly basis, said ATr. F. C. Allerby, employees assessor, when tlie matter of liours for New Zealand Road Transport and Motor and Horse Drivers and Tlieir Assistants Association, was in dispute in Coneiliation Council today. Mr. Allerby said lie had been definitely instructed to ask that the hours be put on a weekly basis. Drivers would not any longer be cinderellas. The employers wanted a spread of hours withbnt. paying pyfirtime. •' Mr. ; '^Kni|Iit, ;f OB ftlie, emj fpy crs, fsaid j sfir e'adVof :hp.ijrs^^t^.fljp' oii€lgok-%as at all' hopdfutl/i The1 cliiims ;^y thefdLhplovees were/jon tlie \\4ib1e, aljkoiutpljt liopeless. If kny real agreemept could not be reaclied and the parties to dispute continued to beat tlie air, tlien time was being wasted. It was better to take tlie matter into Court. Alr. Allerby said if lie went back to the workers and said lie had agreed to a fortnightly spread of hours, there would be a stoppage in industrv tomorrow. The Conciliation Commissioner, Mr. Riteliie, said offers and couuter offers had previously been made in the dispute. There was not quite the differeuce between the two parties that at first sight appeared. Both sides should get down to the maia issues in the dispute. Then settlement would be possible. ^ After the morniug session it was decided that the parties get together independently and see if the.v could eome to au understanding on the points in dispute.