AWARD FOR DAIRY WORKERS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 732, 3 February 1910, Page 8

AWARD FOR DAIRY WORKERS.

' NEW DEMANDS. It is understood on' good authority (writes our Palmerston correspondent) that the Dairy Union of Workers is busy framing the demands for a new award when the present ono'expires on March' 31. . The union,proposes to ask for, an increase of wages and ■ shorter hours. What the inorease of wage 6 will amount to : has not' transpired, bnt tho hours for:, butter'' factories - are set down at 52 per week from October to March, and 44 ;for the* rest of the year,. with day off. each week. For cheese factories the hours are-fixed;.at 60 per week, with a day off. ' '' v, •"

; lit regard to sleeping accommodation, it';is ' suggested that. .where a. cottage is provided for a married man, the salaryshould. be reduced by 7s. per week, and when /suitable accommodation :is provided' for single men, that . the , salaries bo' reduced by 2s. Gd. It' will also ba proposed to make, more'. classesof workers. It.is further understood that ..tho union- . would prefer . to . confer directly with the factory owners. • They are,somewhat averse to going either before the Concilia; t.ion Commissioner' or the Arbitration Court. ' . . |

Paiaka, the well-tnowE flax and dairy property of 347 acres freehold and 160 acres leasehold; somo of tho richest land on the Manawatu,. with . flax. cutable this" •yoar» will -be sold at auction by Dalgety and.Co., at Palmerston North on Saturday, 26th .February, "The terms may boarranged.—Advt..