HOTEL EMPLOYEES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 750, 24 February 1910, Page 11

HOTEL EMPLOYEES.

AIMS OF TEE UNION. - '-"All the . preliminaries are practically completed for; the filing of the industrial \lisputo," .remarked;'an. officer.,'of . the". Cooks' and Waiters', Union yesterday."to .a reporter, when'referring to the trouble which l;as arisen between the'union and' ■the liotelkeepers. ' A ' special/;meeting ,'of the uhioii is-to be belu to-morrow evening to pass, tho necessary, resolutions,;.-A ballot will bo taken subsequently, and tho iClerkr'of- 'Awards- should hitve- the' papers before liim by Mnrch-S or Match 3. • Three assessors will-bo appointed to represent tho. union. on the; Conciliation council/which will probably '-meet/within a week of the-filing of the'dispute;; The, secretaries'of the Auckland arid Dunediri Unions will come to Wellington to assist ini tho;conduct-of:'thorcase before'.jthe Conciliation--Council. - • ; : . . - / It ; has ' been practically arranged' that the' .Wellington-dispute ; will he - taken, first to; tost the situation', as- it is expected .that the* couditibhs.'eventaally obtained ynll. prove - tho basis. ■of subsequent. awards; In tlie c everit of,-' Mr.'; Hally- 'being. , again /unsuccessful'' in,.,adi jpsting.tho difference, between' the-parties arid -the' case. KQing ,to'^■' , tlic v °Arbijj?a'tiotf Court,/ the -local uhion ; w , iU'.'^by' > ?th'd."cdji-/ sent;.of the federation of; the',.other..two', unions') bring the bf '-'the' Syd: , ney and. Melbourne Unions over to Wellington;," .'M-.-V-'' ' : -V; .' .v. :v-i-'/; ;' Communications. have/already been frc-' quont behveen these'/ bodies, '/and,';." some tinie back,, Mr.' J./liorish (secretary, of the. Sydney/-.Hotel'.'Workers l ;' Union),- and ilr.,,Hannan,;(secretary /of'- the Marine,) Cooks, Butchers, 'ahd'Bakers' Association ,of Australasia) . intimated their. ; willing; ~ness to 'como over 'and assist/ the Wellirig•tori. :Uniori.' r Tbe' oxperise's. of, the! visitors ;wilr be . guaranteed by tho Now'.'Zealand .federation. ■;'. . ~ -

.demands, to.' be presented to. tho Conciliation, .Council , arc/ at; present -in print.,. The-Jociil union,!on behalf of 'the lederiitipii, isasking -for.. SG. hours', work iper. week for.;males,, 'and;' : 52' hburs'S'for lemales,. such, work: to. be performed on six.; days,, of; ; ,tho., week 0n1y.. : ,:. A;.}general' mcrcaso of, wages is;,to asked- for, -and some big. advances are sought-for < men : ,such as scullerymeri and-; porters,'who'are' at .present' i'eceiwrig; only - 22k'Cd,-!'ind , . /per :wcbk .pf'.Go hpiir's?-.. .. j'i,-J'.i,; i ' • i - ; frnmiug the' demands the" federation hRS .ibeen guided to a groat, extentby various statutory*:, enactments" covering . the. industry- in 1 .the/'Commonwealth;'ana by;; conditions/. .'.thb' Sydney. war a., wli i ell, ca m e.,. in tor ■' operation j in -Aprili of . last; year. ' The "Sydney, award generally prpnde'sifor-a wecki of 58-' hours- , exceptions up.,to;-:63 '.hours, ihe. rates provided in- tliat-iawanl arb the •gpft!;; , 6l-"ttfe local '.'union'.,apd";oVo'ry' tibn v em Ployeo. throughout; the'.'federa- ..' J '' llo .,|y ( J n ?s'; award'. that"'the ■vSf}°h lo i' a hdli!s e 'shaH' be -a half-lioliday each', week from 2- p.m\''-'fbr alt persons employed ' in . hotels. arid restaurants which,-are...open -for bnsiries9 ,tor; only; six r .days ; !por-,week...';,For' sevenday-, houses,--, whichv: include','■:-h(sfeld ,, -.and' pSFw^Slf' ■ vided ■ for. all . employees.:,. <, Information :fJ v ? n 'by the -secretary o£„ .tlici'Sydney .to tlie .effect./that'hbtelkeopeirsi :h(ive observed .the award: well, and only - f ,two breaches ./.had -.been reported.«»:«.. • ■