ARBITRATION COURT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 560, 15 July 1909, Page 2

ARBITRATION COURT.

(Br Tclcßraph.-Prose Association,); , Chrlstchurch, July 13. The following award haß ' been made by. the Arbitration Court on the rattan .and .wicker-workers' dilute:—The hours of work shall be 44 per week.; Overtime shall bo paid for at the rate of time and a quarter for tho first three hours, and time and a half afterwards, and double time' for work dono on Sundays. Tho minimum shall bo'ls. 2d. per' hour. , All piece-work and /bonus, system shall be prohibited.; . No; employee "shall, bo a contractor whilst working for an All work shall bo performed in the factory of the employer. ■ The industrial agreement in the dispute between the . operative Stonemasons'' Union and Employers; Union has been, filed'as an award, which will remain in force until July, 1911. The' principal conditions of tho award are: / Hours of work,; forty-four per week; minimum, wages of journeymen, - Is. .6d. per hour; overtime, time and a quarter for tho first' four hours, and time ana a half afterwards, arid :on ' holidays, . and doublo time after 5 p.m...0n Saturdays; under-rata permits are provided for, and tho preference 'clause'provides that an employer, if■ ;c*.llcd on. to do so by thcunion, shall dismiss any worker who/, within seven days of Jiisempl6y r ment, does not join the union. The award prohibits piece-work. ".-"• Nj •■ v. . .■:-'■■'. \y' The SaddleTs'award, which' will comeihto operation from July 19-until December 31, 1909, was practically agreed'! upon by . tho parties: A memorandum' to .the award states that the clauses were allagreed on excepting those relating to preference and wages. Tho provisions as to preference -are those contained in the last award,' which were agreed to by the parties. -The minimum.wago fixed by the previous ; award, the - memorandum continues, was Is.'per, hour, and that-would be continued.; ■..■,...•' ■'■.;• -.■■"•' : .■', .' ,'y/.,.