MARINE ENGINEERS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 500, 6 May 1909, Page 5

MARINE ENGINEERS.

. AUSTRALIAN AGREEMENT—WAGES ; : ■.SCHEDULE. : , (bt T*LEO^».rn— ritf.ss absuciatioh—copTitiaai.) -'■■■: ■■'■:' V;[ CReo, M»y 6, 5 0.6 : ' v : '■■ Melbourne/ May 5 r The conference of the Australian Institute of Marine Engineers and the Steamship ,, Owners , ' Asspciatiop has arriyed at a settlement with regard to engineers' wages and conditions of labour. Tho settlement embodied in a.memor'andum wlijch both parties have asked the Federal Arbitration Court'to treat as an-award of the Cpurt, The settlement provides that wages shall be paid to engineers, according to the. horsc-powor of' steamers, on the •following scale:— . ' Grade of Engineer.—Wages per' Month. • H.p. Ist. 2nd.'3rd. 4th. ■"•■ -: :. : . ■• £.. £. £. £. . JOO "' ... ■ ~f - ,20: 16 : 14 . — 100rl50 ...■- ... 21 . 16 14 '— . 150-200 .... ..: 22 17.' 14 , — 200-250 ( ... ... 24 '■ • 18 ; 15 " . 12" ; gop-350 ... : .'.. 25 18 "}s'■' 12 ~ .- 850-450 ... ... 27J- 19 16 13 .450 and'over ... 29 ■'■'. 20 ': 16 13 :'• On stoamera on 450-h.p. apd upwards fifth engineers will receive £12, sixth engineers £11, and seventh engineers £10 .per month. The agreement, whioh is to havefproe for three years from May 1, is. stated to be practically the same as that: under whjch ■ tjie eftgiiieers have beep wprking for years, excepting thp conditions regarding wages. The President'of the Arbitration Court has agreed.to certify the agreement sp as praptically to giye jt.the game effect as an award of. the Court. Hβ will submit his order for the consideration of the parties interested pn Friday, '. ' !