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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 5

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TBE SLAUGHTERING DEPUTE; # #$ 4' \';ik] JOINtvCONFERENCE." ri^^f .DEtiANP^FbR~ : -HiGHEit : /.PAY^c6^--v^ .{::;{{:/'; V, CEDED;.'^ As tho result of a conference "whicK■.:'';.' took : place;last; night betvvoen : thb{rcpre.' -■""•;■{;{■ sontatives of ■ both" parties, a ; basis " : fmj;'/o}. settlement of. tho; dispute in-. tho,'sUugh-£:•;£■:?! tering trade was agreed upon:' The"terms i ifev still require; to hoformally'drawn up and designed, but if ho hitch occursin the.' final' ;H{K :stages, tho dispute 'hero.'and in Vother>.;?;% parts of -.■the.. {Dominion; is practically. ao'Kv ■an; end. '"' ' • ' ,; ;'';;■'/; ; : ;;':"-;-'; : '".v J:: yj:;; Eopresentativesof companies in '■ tho - Dominion:. met -in' : tho ; {{ i-;!. morning, anil again in ■the' af tertioW' and ;' {{{A evening: at {tho- rooms of Federation,;;and.sat ih-deUberatfen -:for : ''i -,S' , several.' hours. /■:-. Members : of■' : the ; ;execu-,->:;i"iK' tive, of the 'Now {Zealand ) Slaughtermen's'.'ifti Federation and,,; Wellington '';- Slaughter->"sfiy men's Union attended in -the evening, and, ;;;<!:'/ a joint'-conference '.was .held.:;/Mr;.wP;;r".: : '-fi Hally,; ■■'■ Conciliation.';;. Commissioner, '•' was- ■'■■'; ?''<s also:.■ present; by {request;:-; Tho;/proceed- 'i! : 4M ings.,lasted:-untii- fifteen;minutes.{.'(ifter..'.•'■:■'?''■•»" midnight;:';. .;■'; V<;■■ : ]-i-' : :^:M~i''ii'tf?}.?;?-: '; ■ The;demand of : ;tho "employees;for':.'Van' ';:" : MlUngrate of 255. porlOO. was and.the principal' points'in.disputo we're;-;' 'li"■:settled to the'following ;;l;::.X{{-i;.";S'{: '::"' the; rate ! of;pa'y' for.:' killing-sheep i ; ;;/S* Lv is to' bo. 25s'.; r pBr":100. '-.{ : '" r i. : ~-; - '". Overtime'"' rates, are to" be paid;'for^; {■'.'.'■,?£ ..time worked;,beyond : eight'-houW/Ya;/;;!;';'-, /day.;{/;{".:{{'{:'''v;- ! '^{; :^>";'/^v'^-; ':--i'<'<4';' [•{{■-.-The -, employers''are ,allowed ; '.'a.-.'cMw'v :;'/;,{;>? tain .amount: of{ latitude,' : in ;deteivi;r; :; j*;:; { - mining the; hour : of j commencing worfoiftijii: '■■:: on any day.{ ' : ■<!;: t±C'-^f■;'%s: 'siThe;: union'; is: granted a' more ; ex>;';'; $■$ { clusiyoform of' ; preference Hhan:that'K:{'; l "i ; 7-.'hitherto{l,n''fo>M^ >;Tho{{ conference; meets', again; at ;-10' a.nv ->;:'■ -i:>: .;droitVtie"agreemeht-''>v: '-v^: ; ii : J;| A^CH^^ >k-AGEEESrENT,-iBETkEEN '-THE '^-4% -.-{ {-(By; ' ; .,■■■'-i ■■[ ;.'"■ v {Afto.{several s ''days'' tJM?"K''£\ |. matters.;-in- dispute!.between /the';'freezing:?'-:.',';s companies.and the; ££ I ;men{s:{Onibn{werfl'; satisfactorily ■.i"6effles':;'L-,'& this'-; afternoon;^lheVonly",;information; 1 ' available isv:tnat{'an{agreement'..was '.:«-;';":' i;|' rived-;at,"•and workAwoUd^ r continueTa*;-j!j: teuali;{Tho{:agr'eemeh^;is v satisfactory;;; to' M bpthv> tho.?parties cerhed.{ It'is understood; that : an trial ■' agiefementv'i'empbdying': the standing •. arrived {at,{ .will ;be ;{'drawn ■ r up ; \>'',;l;, and ■ sighed; by--thei; parties, and submitted '&'3k to;, the/; Court ;o^!;'Arbitrationbfor; : c'onfip.f ; {S| matioh.;; ;/ r U:.';.' ; ;.'ij;,';; : ;p ,'V-,',.': v.;.-.;; ,-;?;7; ; ,:{fis ;;>;;;;{AREA; ; ;qF; : ;THE;p;iSPIJ : TE^ During' Oio'last, few{days';it; 'i: generally,'{understobd Slauglitflr- % '$?$. ."^n's{nmons.throughout.tho; Dominion^'--fe were;:addptmg7an- l : ; and:;that;;'noticesj b%intentioh to {tilem*;.;:; ; to':V;x?: nf(|t.' of This-:{wider'V nipecliCof ;';thß disputo;Vv'4 .-has;;' already!, ■'DoinNioN.Vh.ut; tKe ibcai-;'Jjabour '. tu , e . ; '.'Weekly".Herald,"{of, l to-day's. : date,i-%« goes ;mto;detailsV, ; It states V ."All Slaugh-;;S| ;termenV.|Unibns;{m'.;Nowt&ahihd;;eithor : T!ft haTb or -will;; adopt-;similar .measnres ;tp .' ii those ;;ihitiated '-. in .-,'; v WeWngtoii : ; district'^.' t'-i last, f ef, ,days/it' ; thb .trouble ,was;mainly centibd;in '-ahd" ; ;a;;-;' around ;thc- Wellington. indhstiiaV districti ■■ ;S:; but how it is certain; that tho iihiohs from V;''s p Auckland; &;{ the .asraboye : stawd,;;showingj^that{the ~JO# 'united'slaughtermen are"speaking'as.with ; 'fS one .yoice in": ,oiual^ho;urs;-. : {;s* and equal pay '.throughout; ,tie' f .whole;' of ;Vv; •;; ihe,Dominica.,,;. v served; 'cbin-{r', : :l;S papies;,ui; : iia^ii :^ :^''Wahganui;; ;; ; "National Mbrtgagb'andf^Agencyv :Lbnghurn. '.*;;. ; ; v: '\-," ; --;' ii'■ \ : y{ ■':. -;i^e^rs;;Bbrthwick;ahd;; i 'Son^;nPa]rl;J;^'rf ,;."llessrs. Nelson;Brbs:, ; -ltd.;' ■;; ''The^Nbrth-British" FreeidngiCol;' ;Ahiiriri;,;;:>;;.{-;;; $$;:■:?■■,:'- ■'':•■ sVv;"'' '«;;Vs^".'-* ;■{''Notices'. also,; being, ;.weak'-- on .the'.cpnipanies {operating; in- thb;'.'.;;: : ::,': Auckland^TovertyrßayKCa^erbwyj ; and';V{<;; Marlbbrbuglv{districts.-:{ "In" \'btagb';; : "ahd:;{';S:; :Sputhlaiid,,tho' : ,season's.-ppa'ralibnsi'; hava.v"; jfe not cpmmehcc'd; -aM \,of "settle-; {■ {4 'incnt ;will;necessarily be slightly different h-S'! . in- these "cases.".. It;-vriilVtiius bo"';'sech that;,-;"'; i : nd;;partial ;settlement;;of{thb{ dispufe{can ; t;{{i | be., effected," that is"'.'so'{far'{as'vi(al{issuW;v;vl| ;GISBORNE{ByjCHE^ .■.■.(Dy.iTeleEraphi-Prcss';, Association;), ; ;?{ 7 -^ : ; 'o% W'.vy.i '■'.ic, : {The last:,.evenihg;';received,';■' hoticp '.•"'.froni,v > '26 '■'.. '<ji{ butchers .ih : their;, : entplby,: intimating' that, under, the '.provisions of ...Clause ;0,;of {.the '&}';:s 1908 amending; Act'; it. is;^ : i'th'eir{:,; infentioh;{{";'.?{ to,; strike unless,{their. Remands';,arp';.cbni-.:-{.'';i; .plied'with; ■M;;'f-'\: i ;v''^sC"-; : ;4:TC;i{ ; )'i% " {■; PREFERENCE; t6{UN'iONISTSL -ftv{{|; ;;{;;'{'{;' A^THpIiNY.-QIJESTIONr. v i£?fcs . {It wasnpt generally ;:knoTrh that Vin ad-;;;{;{ J i; dition to' thb.' Question's:.as • to; hours and;{,;;;,; . rate of pay, there ,'iyns {cohsiderablo;dim-:-;. ; ;{;;':!' culty ;tho.' prefcrence{.clause.;;{;;lt;{;';'v was;' stated.. yesterday^'. ■; by, pne.'{- '-'.{S 'authority/;that'this ; might prove, tho{mbst.;{;■{{; awkward; shag'-of;in.'.-"',;;■{;.";;;{}^': ' [: ;k : '4i' : ':4,* ■■ Tho workers -in .the .terms to,; {'"Sj their notice to sbike claimed:'' Employers;;',:,{. sball{: employ': members{. pf,:•■ tho? tori; Slaughtermen's {Onion in" ; preference .'{{v; ,to ;non-members;";',;{•;;{{'.'-.: : ■; ; '{,";' 7 ; This' goes 'a;; good.: deal, further thb.ii Toranaki ;award,;'which;is ,thb; i{ceht;award,;iiV the 'slaughtering:industry.:...;vr'j-;"-j Tho:;prbyisioh;4here ;Js; for members;.of the{umbn,;when rnembers at. least equally ; eapablb ;of performihg, the work, ibut tSb;em'ployer{;{{;{{? may engage' a;n"on-uninnist. if ;thp: latter,{osjf{ consents; to.'jbih :the ;unioh',{withinv.phP f ; ; ;;v; .month. after {his engagement.:; Tho ;uhion't; {',;;{ agrees, hot to{ offer; any''objection .to .such";;;. ■ -;{ onfolmprit.{•';;--■:'■'■■," : ;;; : ; ,-' ■ ,{v.:?,:?>'..W&fi&'.-i'iA ~ The' agreement;;comb:-to. lastxnight'{ii'','.-;- ; ?;;j Hrnderstobd'! to ' involyo' a" f orin.Kof..- prof or-'!:;{; - V :enco-,.which.; : 'will; give. .'tho: : cohtrol;.oyor;,tho'-admission of,'members.''"-';.'yj''