INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 129, 24 February 1908, Page 9

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE.

-LABOURERS' UNION V. COUNTRY : EMPLOYERS. LIST OF THE DEMANDS Tho Conciliation Board will meet iiu,Wellington on March 2 to fix the dates for, the taking- "of■ ovidenco iri' connection 1 with tho industrial' dispute botwocn- the. ■ Wellington General Labourers' Industrial Union of Workers and tho country oraployors. . . ; An award allocting employers and workers in'.this branch: of industry in Wellington,and within a radius 1 of twenty miles . was, ■ it will bo romemborod, made b.v tho Arbitration Court in 1907. Application was made during the recent sittings of,the. Arbitration Court -m ''Wellington ito l have this award

oxtoiidcd. t-6'the country districts'. ' The: held. that the' application was not hi order, stated' that; tho Union could either make a fresh application or apply .for a' separate-award for tho country districts, | which -latter .course l the Union,. decided to i: adopt v- Compared with, the award at, pro-, -36nt:,Vinoforco.i.in Wellington.'.and;-within,.a radius of..twenty - miles,..fewer hours per week 'and highor wagos. in tne - country districts .arn :■ claimed . by. tho Union • j.- Tho. elaiisos relating to-overtime, holidays, paymont':if /-wages; accommodation, . jrork,''.: tools) .'and 1 ' preference, aro. substantially tho .samo.'. The claims ,of the Union witn respect, to hours of-work'aro.aa.follow.. ,■> 1: A full week's work , shall consist of fortysix -hours;'- r The < ordinary. working hours slfall bo'between: 7.30 a.m. and 6 p.m., except on Saturdays, when tho hours of work shall-be.,between. 7.30 ,a.ra, ■ and: .12, noon. ' :2. When it is necessary to prepare .material or work-beforo the ordinary hours of com-, moncing work, the employer may omploy not moro than>t>vo workers to.do.cuch .ncccssary work,for. not imore than half.an hour beforo the ordinary, time for commencing work, and in such icase .only the ordinary rato of pay. shall ibe paid for,-tho time so worked. ; 3-. In tunnel-work,-the h,ours shall, not excee'd. eiglit .hours por shift from bank to bank, for froi.shifts ?i -week, including half-hour, for,-crib,..'.time) .and; four, hours ,bn. Saturday.- '■ j : 4; :Six, hours shall' constitute, a 'day' ; s work when -woTkers arc- working- in wet places, or in foul "air. A "wet, placo": ' shall mean a place where workers.havo to,stand..iu ; water: /over^tho- boot-top's <or .water,, is dripping ( on them. .-,1: ; ; The; minimum: rates.ipf.,wages, which, lfc .is claimed should.;rule,;arß.a» ; under:— . « iTunneliwork-i.-Tunuel, men, lis- per shift';, timberiimen, lis.- per , shift. All other,,work'.ers 6d. : ,,. ; •'•:iQuarry;-;worb::[ Powder:,men,: 'ls;;.6d.,;psr■hour.; crusher;-men,';,ls. Cd.;;- spaw]ers,;.ls., iid. jihammer and ..drill; moni, ,1s: '41d; ; iunif, per/men, ;ls.,,4}d.quarry.-men, Is. 4Jd. • :i; '.Buildings: . Labourers■ employed in conncc- : -,the erection, ~- alteration,, ,or : „def, molitioii ;of, 'any building, ' or in . excavating or' preparing; ;ground , tho , . same, ; Is,, . per hour'.,';. labourers. .engaged as 'scaff oldera, Is. 6d. v . : • ■Meat . works: -Pullers, painters, fieshers, pelt-classers,' curing-dolly, ■ dollymen, Bteamdryer, aiid \vringermen, per hour; ; scudders; V skin-washers, wooUscourers,;;-'ahd j 'go'neral 'and floor hands, ~ ls. ~3Jd..; freezing .chaml>cr hani3, 15.;:6d.-; disehargipg vhands, 3d; j 'coohng-floor and fat-house. .Eands,V;ia.i!3Jd.' , ;. ;, ,gubrhoiiso-.-hand4i ls|. ;33d,: : ;/manuro hands,. . Is. SJ<l.,; boning -hands, la; 6d. ,»• - _i .:. ■ .and channelling, < ,Is. 6d;kper*.honr ;; sewer;', work, Is. 6d.; ,nl»telaye^a) ana tar men, Is. r 4Jd. ;- tool.sharpeners,.- 15.,, 4Jd. -any '-manLworking ,on - any.-- '.'face'v' .where a. life-line ,is required,, 1 -Is. • 4jd:;; concrete; -workers, :1s:-4Jd.; labourers not'horembefore specified, Is. 3Jd. ''V.w,'. -'.'i- 'r