MILLING TRADE DISPUTE
; ; ; : •:;AMICABLY SETTLED. . ." : , ■■ p., lUy Teloer«tfh.-I'reß« Ananclntlun.l ■:<:■■ .'. ■;; Walmate; September 1, Sir. Triggs, Conciliation Commissioner, met ihe South Canterbury' millc-wners 1 and workers' representatives here to-day in re'gard to matters in dispute,.. and aiter a conference agreement was arrived at on all matters submitted to the commissioner. ■■•' The workers asked for , the hour system, but agreed that it be, optional on either side to have the contract or hour system. A shilling an hour .wae agreed to, as against' a shilling ■ and fouiid as asked for. Piecework rateS , for ordinary workers wefo fixed at 12s. per thousand bushels wheat or barley, and IQs. for oate. , , No threshiig out of atook is to be allowed, and the grain must be stacked. A shilling an hour is to be allowed when shifting a mill from stack to stack. A week's .notice is to be given on cithoT side, or a.week'E pay to be forfeited, same to go to. tho store, fund. Other demands of the workere, including preference, wero granted. The award will, remain in force for.two years. , :".'■. ■■
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 602, 2 September 1909, Page 5
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177MILLING TRADE DISPUTE Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 602, 2 September 1909, Page 5
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