INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 483, 16 April 1909, Page 9

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE.

' ;''■■■* '■''-:■'■■''■ ■..'"'.-■ .. '..' .<>'. "'.■ -i - .■"""■'■■'".'•'■' :;!,:,; -claims of; the'pastetcqoks. "; ; ':■- ■: The Council of. Conciliation ...has, been requested to adjedicate/in ioohlieotion with tho ■ disputo between the AVellingtou Bakers' Union I. of Workers and the employers with respect to i hours of labour, wages, : etc., for -.-. pastrycooks. • In, all 21, employers iu the city and suburbs of WeUingtou and 19 employers in the country districts'.have been .cited. : The persons recom- ■'■ mended ■ for appointijiont as assessors by the workers are: Andrew Collins, Tinakori : Eoad; L. M. Goodchild, 218 Willis Street; and-T. : Dillon, 27 Eoy.-Street. Briefly the claims of i .the workers are as'under:— ■ -, ..,.-■ I "'. *It is desired, that the' hours of work per week 1. shall ."nuiatar :48; (The ordinary, starting , time : shall be not earlier than. 6.30 a.m.,-with the ( exception of Saturdays or the day :beforo a holiday,".* tvhon work may cominenco at 5 a.m. If; workers; aro required to work 'before those hours they shall-receive double time for time worked between midnight and the usual hour for commencing, work.: Overtime shall be paid : as.followsi:—Timo and a:quarter from the cusj tomary.timer of ceasing work' up. to 6 p.m. i i time and a! half from 6 p.m. up. to 10 p.m. Nc ' work, shallvbe done after 10-p.m., except or f hot-cross-bun night, when double time shall 5 be.paid for, overtime worked after 6 p.m. 1 Overtime for apptentices: 9d. per hour for the ' first three -years, and for, the last" ycarV.ol 3 apprenticeship time and « quarter, Any" nion 3' "or boy workng on a.holiday shall be paid tim< * and a half in addition to his usual wages Th< following shall .be deemed holidays:—Januan '- 1 ?n d 2/Christmas Day. Boxiiig Day, Gooc _ Friday, Easter Monday, Sovereign's Birthday Day, Anniversary Day.; and Prince oi : Wales s Birthday. Double time shall be paii ; for all work porformed on Sundays, Good Fri , day, and Christmas Day. Tha minimum rat< » 'Of-wages shall bo as followsi-Foreman or firsi ii hand, £3 ss. per week;,second hands, £2 18s o per week. Jobbers shall be paid at the rati i- of ■ 10s. per day of eight hours. The proper ;, tion of apprentices shall bo one to every thre. ,f men or unt«er; two whou mpro than threo mei t and up to six; and so on in proportion. The' !•' 5' lall o be , P«d as wdtr: 12s. 1 6d, per week fo" . the'first, sis. months; IDs, per .week for ". second six months; 17s. 6d. per week for tb , third six months; £1 per week for tho fourtl ■t. six: months; £1 2s. Gd. per week for the-fiftl o 6ix;months; £1 5& per week for tho sixth si d months; 7s. 6d. for the seventh six months ,6 £t 10s.; per week for' the eighth six months ,f Where an-apprentice has to board with ai ft employer tho sum of 7s. od. per week eh.ill b ■ allowed for the first year's board, 10s. for th _, second year,' 12s. 6d. per week for the -thir. •> year,, and 15s. per week for the fourth - yeai Females shall not be allowed to work in th bakehouse or do any hot-plate work. Boardin 6f : workers: shall be allowed on certain cond , ■ tions. There shall be proferenco to unionist [.; provided that ongagements subsisting betwee ''*. employers and non-unionists shall not bo intei r fered with. If tho union shall fail to keep a '" employment book in tho manner laid dow employers may. employ any person, whethc ?- a unionist or not. It .is suggested that th 1:: proposed award should renjain in force unt a- December 31, 1010. !