ARBITRATION COURT.
'PLASTERERS' AND/RANGEWORKERS' •/. DISPUTES. (by telegraph'—l'RESS association.) . Dunetlln, July 28. The- Arbitration Court to-day heard disputes between the Employers and the Plasterers' and Rangeworkers' Unions. In the former the employers sought an amendment of the existing award as regards suburban and country work, and it was agreed to accept a clause that suburban work sb6uld.-_ mean work done at a distance of over a mile and a half from'the post office. The points left for the Court to decido aro what additional sum shall be paid on • country work, and what overtime shall bo paid for country work;- ■■ .' ■' "I /■■ ■ ' ■. _ , , •In the rangeworkers 'disputo the Union sought an increaso in wages cf . orio shilling .a 'day for range fitters and body fitters. The strong point made by the employers was that an. increaso would.- place them at a disadvantage in competing with' northern manufacturers, narb'c"ln"l-" ■ n • ivhei'o the award rates Were lower than in Otago. Th,o Court intimated it woiuu cunsidor the matter. ■ .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 262, 29 July 1908, Page 5
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163ARBITRATION COURT. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 262, 29 July 1908, Page 5
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