DAIRY FACTORY WORKERS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 103, 24 January 1908, Page 2

DAIRY FACTORY WORKERS.

DEMANDS FILED;

-. .EIGHTY-FOUR FACTORIES-CITED. . The-i Wellington.. Butter,' Crealiiery, and. Cheese. ■'.Factories' l .' Emplpyees' Industrial yniori of .Workers has filed, with the Clerk of Awards an application for the hearing of an iiVdustnal dispute...,: The factories cited, number ,-84, ; the demands are as apT. pejided.': T-he Conciliation Board will- sit at; Mastertoii - -to deal with the "case ou February 5, at 10.30 a.m. ' Wages, 1. Tho claims ask that'the following mini--miim rato of wages shall bo paid: — 1 • Butter - Factories.—Separating and engme-drjving;.'-'-Heacl of department, ■ £3; night shift, i'£3 ss. ■ Weekly wages as above with two pounds' of butter week and two quarts of milk per day. Butter-making; and packing: Butter-maker,'- £3 :10s. ; first' assistant',' £3; other : workers,- £2 15s. Churriing: Head churner, £3; assistant, £2 15s. Cream-' receiving and can-washing: Head of department, v£3; assistant, £2 10s.": -All.workers to in addition to-tho above weekly wageftvWo" pounds of butter per .week and two .'Marts"..of,milk* per." day.. - . . , .Clietfe Factories.— I Cheese-maker; £3 .lOs.^• ' first assistant, £3; other workers, £2,155. Each ,employee -to receive two quarts of milk per day . and cheose. . ' ' Creamenes— Creamery managers, £2 Bs. per, week,, yearly; house, with suitable living accommodation, fuel, two pounds of butter per week, and two quarts of milk per day. Youths, 16 to 17, los. per .week; 17 ■to 18, 255. per week; oyer 18, full wages,' one pound of butter per week and one quart" of; milk per, day. Tho number of youths employed shall. not ■ exceed one .to every employer, firm or company employing four coihpetent worknien, and one to every additional four competent workmon. V ■2. Casual "Bands.—Each man employed to receive wages'at time and an eighth rate and allowance, same as regular workers.

Terms of Employmant. 3. A worker who is not employed for more than three months continuously shall be classed as \a casual hand, and employers when engaging such worker shall acquainthim 'as to, the length of timo he shall bo required. 4. Forty-eight hours shall constitute a week's work, and no worker shall be compelled to work more than five hours continuously without an interval of at least three-quarters of an hour for a meal. All' time worked in excess of forty-eight hours in one week to be paid for according to the overtime scale hereinafter included. This clause shall not apply to creamery workers. o. All workers must bo employed , by tho year, excepting casual hands. (5. A factory shall hero include all milk depots and any branch connected with same.; The term in a factory to include in or about a factory. 7. The pay stated in all cases, with i the exception of casual hands, shall be fortnightly, and a fortnight's notice on either side must be given for terminating the engagement. 8. The' pay stated for creamery men does, not include the carting of cream, coal, stores, empty caus, etc.-, which must iu all cases bo let by tender, creamery men to have the preference. The Staffs. 9. For more-than 20,000 pounds of milk received per day at any creamery there must be employed an assistant, whoso wages shall not bo less than 255. per week. 10. All factories making half a ton of butter or half a ton of cheese, averaged on a basis for time factory is running, shall be deeinod to have in emplovmcut, apart from the manager, a butter-maker or checsomaker respectively, with such other workers as they might require; such other workers to be called first assistant, second assistant, etc., in their order of merit and employment. Heads of creameries to be called creamery managers, and their assistants to be called first creamery assistant, ctc., in (heir respective order of merit.. 11. A fortnight's holiday on full pay shall bo allowed to all workers (casual hands' excepted). One clear day per week to bo also allowed, casual hands included. The latter portion of this clauso does not apply to creamery workers. Proof of Ability, 12. A certificate or testimonial from former manager or employer, in tho case of experienced workers, shall be doomed to-bo sulficieilt proof of such worker's ability. All such certificates shall state the last position in which the said worker was employed. Such certificate shall be deemed to bo sufficient proof of any applicant's ability for next higher grade. Managers or employers issuing such certificates or testimonials shall retain oxact copy of same. Applicants may apply by copy or copies of such certificates, hut on demand shall produce original. Bathrooms. v ■ 13. All factories employing one or more workers other tlvnil the manager; shall pro-, vide n. bathroom and dressingroom, which may be. coiiibined where necessary. Distribution ot Work. 14. Factories making under half a ton of butter or half a ton of cheese shall bo deemed to have iu eniDloymeut a first assis-

tant,. etc.; only, • except 7 such: asSMtaute*q#|£sv-K« i provereasonably that • the : &ufctor:-6r-!, oh^fe««s-r. making; • respectively', is under ; lns-'cojttra-; directly. •... Butter-maker. vor .• ehecse-makw ■■■p t. shall-.be-.'tboworker' who;' apart;'fromi Ihlsvivmanager, or otherwise. . v .and supervises the. making l of ithc butter' or: : ■ cheese 1 respectively. ij. «; .IS. Thero' shall, bo/-a ifnir distribution work by th 6 employer,. and where a workif y 1 .falls ill, or otherwise'is absent from: eluploj-.r-* ': mont; . (dismissal, excepted);" isuch a. ■. labours, or any portion of such-labours,, shall' not bo transferred to any one or.inoro of. tna • ;• other workers .without Ills, her,: or their eanmw.'. sent, and' to -be paid according TO '3fr . pcnded scalo; for - such. C2[ses. : ' »{«•« ' |f/. ■■' '16. In;all' oasesfiivhcrortho l managerns not ■ tlio - butter-makei'.or-c.!icese-m:)ker. ; resp«i-,- ■ - tively, he> cannot ' class i himself : as- heajrdfj ' any separate .or-'particnlnr••dcpartm«nt;'-.«'i<;s 17; All employees (pxceptmg casual- ' as aforesaid) shall be allowed fourteen> days' ■ ;j :■ holidayon full pay,ori its■; equivalent'!' nov ■. employee.to claim;his holiday. uiilessOip'has? i beon in tho employers' service eight months'; . but if any - be -Qischargcd'. after ■ r .. working four months, then be shalkreqeiVa: +. equal .timo offi- or its equivalent.' .--/ . j iiv ' Overtime. i ;-: 13. All . .time worked'! beyond fortnighthours per week shall boipaid for as fojlows! > For fciir hoursjiper weelii_'tinie'r.andV.'3''; a-half;iaild double 11rbe. for all .time-aftir. Labour Dav; the Sovereign's Birthday; Good?. . Friday, . Easter .-Monda'r, Christmas Day; i; • Boxing Day, and New YearV Day to>bft paid. , . for at tune, and . a-halfn for the - , hours,' and double time for all , time after; .. One clear day-off. per week, as before mentioned'(creamery meii. escepted). •• , 'f.'v:. Preference to Unionists. . ,U 19. Members of the Union shall haro, preference of auiptoytaefttv The Union. ?lialk:, >• keep at an office 1 witbih one mile of.the Post Office of Palmerston' North an: employment • . bobli. ' '."-r.-.'-'v-N JHH FACTORIES CITED. Ahuriri Butter, . Ahiaruhe Cheese, Alpha Butter,, Apiti, Co-operative, , Awahuri '. Co- . operative, ■' ■'.< Ballance Co-opGrativo, Belvedere Factory, Bunnythorpe;'Butter, , Bunnytliorpo Cheese, ■ . Bunnythorpe■ Co-operative..','' ' . 7 Cheltenham'.. Co-operative, Clover Valley, ■ Crowii Dairy' Co., Croini'l>airy Factory^Co. Dalefiojd Co-operative, Dannevirkd' Butter » and Cheese, Danuevirke Co-operative, 'Do | fiance (Mangaweka), Defiance 1 (Wellington),m Dairy Union (Eketahuna), Dairy Unio?i (Palmerston North). v Featherston Co-operative, Flaxlandß ■ Butter., ■ ■■■ ■.• ••: v.-. ■, ■ ' .-■■■■.., "Glen' Oroua Co-Operative, Gold Leaf Butter, Greytowii Co-operative. Her'etaunga Co-operative, . Huia> Butter Factory. ........ ... Kaituna 'Co-operative. liairanga Co-opera- . tive; Kingston: > .•. - ■ s ■ .. lievin Co-operative.. Lmton Cheese. ' v.Jlakaretu Butter, Makmo Butter, . Co-operative, , Mangatainoka Butter,' ManuiCheese, Masterton Co-operative,. Maurice- . villo Co-operative, 3lotu Butter,. Mungaroa ' Cheese- - ■: v . '■... • . Norsewood Co*onerative, Njihaka Co-opera- . tive,'New Zealand Farmers'^ Union. i ' Oakdalo Dairy, Onga Co-operative, Otaki Co-operative . ■. . ■■ t . Parkvale. Co-operative, Pohonui Co-opera? tivej Butter, Pukio. - Rangitilcei . Cooperative, Bangiwahla-Rua-hiiiej Rata; Co-operative, Reliance- Butter, Rewa Co-operative, ftockinlet Clieese, Ron■gokokako,, Co-operative, Rougptea Co-opera-tive,- ltarigitikpi Line Cheese. Southern Cross, Butter, Shannon . Dairy . Co., • Stone? Creek Cheese, Shannon Butter! Taihape Co-operative,. Taniaki, Cooperative,-;' Taratahi Co-Oporatiye,.' Tarurek'a Butter, Tawataia Cheese, To "Whiti Cheese, Turamoa Cheese.. " . ' •Waihakeke Cheese,' Waimarino .Co-opera-.', tive, Waingawii' Co-operative; .. AV aipatiki ; Butter, Wairoa Co-operative, V. averley . Cooperative; .jWaverley Butter and : Cheese, ; Weber-Waione Co-operative. • Wellington Fresh Food' and Ice Co., oodville Checso, Whakamara .Better.. ; --V ; r : -i '