BRICKLAYERS' DISPUTE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 429, 11 February 1909, Page 4

BRICKLAYERS' DISPUTE.

W'./;SITTING:;01)\ THE/CONCILIATION Vi- 1 //--^'--;v - ■-' //;:Th6;/Cpnciliation/:.//Board;/ ; 'met ,morning:-,to;; ; h'ear/'./evidence.-/in /the-'.dispute between/ the Bricklayers'; Union and : the em-'Ployers;ih/thb:-Wellington: Industrial, District. I'hb...Board- comprised:,./.M,r'./ T i\ : J. : O'Regan .(president)', Messrs/H.'-Irinis,'and ; P.'Bedford ' (representing/the/employers),;, and': Messrs AV Collins /and A;'.'H, -Cooper./(represoriting •' tile .unibns)^;.^/":///'-;^ 1 '<■■/.,■;/;/,/;;.--/■ //: /;:/'; °>/;;;;, ;yMr;;';H;; A; ; pf ; ;'Messr'B ; ;;;/pymbcks/Vand;i:/Op.i' v ppiiifel out/'that/Zthe-firm was' net /engaged./ :in'/bribklaying,;;:and//objected '/to/being in-,pruded',as;:a;-party./;.:;;.':'::,;,/.;..:: s -.-i:■'-,■•.;;•',-.'..,"' ijnioni: ! said/ 'that ;/he/«; would i\ accept- Mr, ■", .Grenfell's ; stat'empntj-'and cbnsent that this name shpiild ' beVstriick/pff i^ivUlr} :^^ : ~^r-i^-v^:' isNprie;;bf/rthe./;othor//:/parties sented;/' 'f.'.Mr.vßodell;:statei thai /'th'e/uhibns askbd. fbr'a-yiyeek pf:/<t4 working hours,;'and:2d. per /hp'ur'increaspvin.,pay;''making, thb/standard-;Va'gb':-ls.v9d:.--;n;or"vhour;:-/).':The:.Wa'ges.-a'skea might ./seem /high;;: but-:'.bricklayers, were.! at considerable disadvantage !.on'.account';'.of broken ./time ./caused .through, wet'wea'ther.. .Very.. few, bricklayers'; ay'eraged 1 : 50s.;: a .week throughput-.:the- yoaK /and'; on/ many,: works :they:/'were:/worsP;:/ott;; ; :than;'the: labourers;. .whb./cOuld fill;;/-in:/'tirn6; ; on'cbnbretidg. : /:If a - bricklayer '■: worked- -V three'. weeks . /every, month,/-ho/did; ve'iy-well;./:; The;;board; had to, consider;,carefully/the; increased,;cost- of .Uying, and/.remember/that; wages : /in ■ 1898 iWofb -almost '/tho* /same- as r now.- At' a- cphfprencb; in' i9(J6,"-,continue'd : "Mr./ Bodell,": the employers/agreed/to-pay: Is. Bd. per hour, but .when; tho, matte, ; came. before,the/board they/ went'-. back;"on; ;it;', and; tho", unions sould do,/ nothing, .becaus'e/noiagreement had been: signed. ;';The;;'stahdard:;wage. was' then.fixed at:;l2s./pef .dpy.'jThe plainis/hbw put forwadr. ;had .;'.;been;/presented- to. ths ,; - employersr : inAugust ■; last, land .at/that 'time/a. conference was./asked-foiv December .7 /was; fixed for.' the, failed :to; M put/;,iii ph'; appearance,- the:.unions concluded: that J they, did-not/want, further con--'ciliatioil,.;:.and i ',.'pu't; /their- case before the, board;■':•-,:,.-•.■' :'":-'■■:.,:,. '/; '■;■ .'.■::;■'• /'/The board 'adjourned /until- this' mornirie: ;a5::10.80:/!/':;:;;■;/;/:/'//;:;;-:;■;:- : :-:/N'/v,//;/; ; ;/: