LABOUR AND AWARDS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 533, 19 June 1909, Page 14

LABOUR AND AWARDS.

CARPENTERS AND JOINERS.

INCREASE OF WAGES IMPRACTICABLE. . The dispute between tho Wellington branches .of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters' and Joiners'' Industrial Union of Workers and certain employers has been heard before Mr. P. HaUy, Conciliation Commiesdoner.

The Commissioner observed that Is. Bd. por hour was asked, and a ; decrease in the number of /working houTs.. In giving considoration :to these items, tho council had .into account tho present state of tho building industry in .Wellington and •the - conditions of trade' generally, and, - after givine attention to , these, : had 'found it impossible to make any increase in tho ordink2 'l*? wa S eB > or -to decrease the number of hours worked, under the condition of the previous award. The union representativea agreed to: accept this decision, under special <rircumstahces,\ ; aad .in view of tho Tact that the agreement arrived at would expire on. July 31, 1910.. The 'Arbitration. Court' is asked to make: an award, whose, principal provisions shall •be !as fol.low• Hours: The recognised hours-shall be 45 >er .week, commencing at 8 a.m. -and finishng at 5. p.m., except on; Saturdays, .and in he months of May, June, July, and August. )uring the.months of May, June,:. July, and Lngustj eight hours and'-a quarter shall be worked, between;7.4s aim. and' 5' p.m. D'urng these months, half an'hour shall be alowed'for dinner; but'three-quarters of an .o.iir shall. be allowed during the remainder <f the/yeaiv /On'Saturdays.work>shall'bbraflenoe at 8 a;m.,;and finish: at aquarterto 2, : In factories mentioned in the /previous iT a j r j'r^^? rt ., ond galley Vaddell, M Leod,. and Weir, • Comptori Brohers,: Andrew Compton, and Prouse Bros.— ho rooognised hours shall bo-as above. >hould it be considered necessary. "to coninue the .practice, of .working' 46: hours'•■in uif overtime,'at.tho! rate specified haU be paid-for the eirtra hour.r . • ' Jour ?eymen • carpenters and-.join-its shall, bo,paidnot less ■than'ls...4d.' r p6r All'wages shall be paid; weekly, either ,??? or, at the; employer's iplace : 'of 'irsmess, but they' shall,, be .. paid not later nan 15 minutes after .leaving off- work: 'If .ny worker is discharged • before the. end . of ho week, he shall be/paid, within 15 roinites,after such .discharge, whatever wages nay. be duo .-.to him. for .the., actual time worked, but ; this clause shall,not apply/to ■ny worker who lias been discharged on acount of gross incapacity or. misconducts Ex* ept in respect to .stair-building, no ; carpen« er °l i OUIOr t be paid by piece, work, lor sball any builder, or employer sub-let his ?orli, labour only. l Overtime—Overtime shall bo paid for at he following rates For the first two.hours, lme and a quarter; after the.first two hours. p.m., < timo and a htiifjbetwecii. 1(3 i.m. and 8 b.m. _next nfoniiiig^(i{ : -'woiiied ontinually), doublo tirno. If the, workman nail bo required to oommenco work after 1 a.m., but before" 8 ajn.,. he shall be'paid imo and a quarter for the work done before 1 a.m. - All work do no on Saturday aftor--100 ns shall_ bo paid: for at time and a > half, -xoept in the case of 'time having been lost lunng the week through bad weather,-when no overtime rate shall be time and ■ a quare« L firat two hours and. time and a jalf afterwards.. Work, done ?. on' Christmaß Jay, Good; Friday, Now Year's Day, Easter Jonday, Labour Day, and Sundays' shall be laid for at double' time. If any of these lolidays fisS-on a Sunday,' then -the .succeedng..day shall be deemed a holiday. ' 1 ' : Under-rate . v Workers.—An,: incompetent radesman shall have his wages fixed by the nspector of-awards. \Except.in those eases Phere permits h.iyo been grafted to workers in account of bid ageor physical infirmity, ill permits .'must be, ' renewed every sis nonths. ;No worker, except those, mentioned « incompetent on account of old age or phvncal infirmity, is. entitled 'to'hold a permit o fork as an under-rate worker for a longer >eriod than 12 months. • * 1 .Youths.—Youths, under. 21 years of. age, rho have worked one' or more years at the rade without being indentured, may be emiloyed, if they are indentured, for a term naking in, all five, years, at wages not less flan those set out m the apprentice clause, he period of probation in these cases shall >6 one month;. . Suburbairwork is any work carried on out- . tie Town Belt of Wellington, and radius °f 1° miles of the Chief ost Office, Wellington; Should the place oi mployment be situated -beyond the Town selt, a worker shall bo paid/the ordinary 'for the. time occupied .in ravelling from _ the f . nearest poin t : . of i such KJUndaiy-to and from such place of employment. Traveling time shall be oomputed al he rate of three miles per hour.: Workers esiding withm and working at any job in following suburbs shall not bo entitled o travelling,- time: Kilbirnio. arid Marariui -liramar f and Seatoun, Hataitai and RoseC j V Wadesfcown and Crofton, Kelburnc -nd Northland, Petone and Lower Hutt, irooklyn, Island Bay, Khandallah, Karori nd Kaiwarra. Country work snail mean 5°., s'tuated more than 10 mileß from the bief workshop (and, . failing that, the resilence of the.employer). When country work equires men to ..sleep -away from -then lomes, an additional , allowance of 2d. pei rour for-the time worked shall be paid, an<3 heir_ employers shall provide 1 tents or otbei Jeeping accommodation. Apprentices shali Employers hall afforf faraities for housing arid sharpening took, and shall give a discharged rorkman tame ,to; put; his tools in order.Wages of ..Apprentices: Apprentices shall >e paid: For. tne first year,/ Bs. per week; «cond ..year," 12s. 6d.third year 17s. 6d. ourth year; 235.; fifth year £1 13s. The iroportaon of-apprentices to journeymen shall mt exceed on« to ,three. The period: of irentnceship w?U be five years, includkg three nonths probation. No ;boy shall be allowed o serve a probation with more than twe imployers. It shall not be obligatory upon in employer to find an apprentice anothei imployer if he shall so misconduct himsell is to. entitle the employer to discharge him mt he shall give; him, a, oertificafe- covering to®, actually served. 'An employe! shall'send notice of the discharge, of an apfrentioe, and the. cause; -to the Inspector ol actones. ~ ;-. - : to tmionirts iB a-stipulation, The preference clause shall not be' bindinc upon the Unidn Steam Ship Company or ! th< Wellington Harbour Board. ■' " ..The Gear.Meat Company, is;exempt fron the provisiona in -respect to four men, employed as permanent hands, and the agree mont shall not, apply to; . wharf or bridgi building.. The award.'shall be limited!to em ployers carrying on /business in - the city ant suburbs,, and within a- radius of.'twentyifiv miles froin'- tie chief 'Post. Office, Welline ton. v " '<!'" ■• 6

FEMALE BOOT OPERATIVES. , v ' AN AWABD PILED. The award.of. the Arbitration Court inre- 1 ft o ™*? tno, dispute- between, the Federated Boot Trade Association of Workers and the Manufacturers' Industrial Union of Workers with the Okrk cf Awards,' The period of operation of tho award, winch deals with, the female section of the workers only, is from June'l, 1909.V until December 31, 1911. One of its provisions is that preference of employment shall be given toA members of the female section of tho federated Boot Trade, Union who have served five years at the trade, and, on the part of the union, preference of service' shall be given to. the members', of the Employers' federation. The manufacturer is ; to have the right to. introduce whatever, machinery his business may require, and to subdivide labour in any way he may deem necessary. Any .system of-sub-division may be used m connection with ;hahd or machine labotirj but' the employer must arrange the sob-division so", that the' .product 'of each worker .is'' a separate and independent operation. Every employer is entitled to the fullest'control over the management of hiß factory. 'All work is to be performed 'in'the' factory' eicopt where permits for home work have'been granted by the local inspector of factories. Hours and Wages:'- If there is no agreement as to -tlie'-hours 'of; work, 'thev shall be betweeti 7.30 aim., and' 5.30.p.m., 'on five d*ya of. tba week, ana betweon 7JIO o-m. aasj 1

•JMf rooogniaod factory halfhoiiday, Tho minimum rate of wages for females who have served fire years at tho trade is to bo 27b. 6d. per week, computed by the honj. Time lost through the default £il wor , or by reason" of a breakdown of the machinery is to be deducted from her wa S® s * Wax-thread machinists are to be paid 355. per week. An ordinary working W6 j 5? deemed to consist oUiB hours, and all time in expose is to count as overtune. Christmas Day, Now Year's Day, Good r Monday/. Labour Day, and ; the bnthday of the reigning sovereign,' are to .bo the statutory, holidays. Twenty-Jour horns' notioe of terminartion of engagement is to be .given on either side. Permits, to be renewed at least once every six months, may be issued to under-rate workers. Apprentices: The term of apprenticeship is to be five years, and tho payment is.to be: iirst year, 7s. per week; second, lis.: third, 165.; fourth, 19s. ; and fifth, 235. Tho wages of apprentjccs arc to bo weekly, and not. com.: puted per hour,' as with adult workere.; Every employer is to be entitled to one foreman or forewoman,' who wiU not'be eligible for- membership of any union of worjrors, nor be restricted by any clause of the award, which is, to bind all workers and all anployers in tho industrial districts of Auck-, land, Wellington, Canterbury, Otago, -and Southland. Tho award embodies , the . agreement arrived at by tho. parties.