COOKS AND WAITERS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 526, 5 June 1909, Page 6

COOKS AND WAITERS.

.■'• SUBJECTS' FpR : A. CONFERENCE.'..' •". A ' wollrattendod speoial meeting oi the Cooks''.and ,Waiters'■ Union -wasVhold :lastevening '.to'elect delegates, to a- conference of .tho. four- city unions 'to bo'.opened in: the Trados Hall, Wellington, next' Monday, and to frame remits for the same gathering. The president, Sir. E. Mark, was in the chair. The following is'-the purport"of the remits agreed to: — ' ' ,■ ,' - That tho nonrobservance , of the .half-holi-: day.by country hotelkoopore be brougnt under the notice of the Government by the confer.-, once. .: ■■ '.■,.;, "'••',.'.-'' .' ; ' "."-'.;.'.'.] ■•'' That all unions be ■ urged to set'.forth': plainly in their objects and rules the > de- , - sirablenoss of establishing a 48' hours -weekfor all malo-workers- and 42 hours woek for .all'female.workers in'hotels and restaurants. That tho urgent' necessity, of a weekly day of rest for, all> employees of tho industry be roDresented to the Government. ' ■ • That, etato and nlunieipal free' labour 'eichanges .'should. bo ■ iuaugurate'd, and all pri-. vato registry'offices-.abblishod.'. ~' -.-■' That' measures "should be -taken to ensiire. ■a'proper standard as regards the sleeping ac-' commodation provided .for workers iri tlie industry. •■:. ■•■■ . ' >.'■•■ ■ ";■■;■■. ' .-• . That members ■ of tHo union employed in the railway dining cars should be given the same status as members of tbo 'Amalgamated Society of Railway omployees. ,'■'. . ' The delegates appointed to the conference were.the president (Mr. 'E. Mark), secretary' (Mr. E. J.. Carey),,and Mr. T. .Helycr; The. principal, objects of the conference •'will bo to establish a fedoratiori of unions for tho whole Dominion. It. is'-.probable : that the

i other dologntoaw'ill include the following-— J Auclclaml, Messrs. T. Long, and T. Mulligan; Christchurch, tlio Hori. J. Barr and ! Mr. E. Mulligan; Dunedin, Mossrs. R. Broaa j (ewwtftrjr) and Eidiardjwa. ' :'