WOOLCLASSERS' DEMANDS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 945, 12 October 1910, Page 8

WOOLCLASSERS' DEMANDS.

-•>. --WAGES; AND/CONMTIONS/OF' -•''/ // ■! v A -;:■■;// vi / ■ ■ v .. -:/;;-; / -./": y '■j'i'. A./circular/issued:'.contains /the.../wool-' '.classers'/demarids/an'd.-.coriditions:.of la-bour-proposed'to be observed by the;Can-:terbury..;Wool-classers', ■Industrial': Union of .'Rakers.; ..The following are ; the p'riu-: , pipal/points:---' ; ;';:Vv 'Cii'\i ? ; '?:.■ '■ '■'.''•' • • ■'v . ..The '...duties- of.-' a;wobl-classer shall /be; ;To classify-the; wopl/and ,adyise.generally .on the:>gettirig: ; up ; ;pf\.the";'clip; to ihstfuct and/supervise ; ;; the '• wool-rollers, '.fleece-; pickefs; .;and';wbol-pressefsy// : '■•/'.-. •■■"•'.'-.: : ; : '. ' /All/woolVclassed iri-the- shed;shall -be' -paid .'for'at the' rate/of'2ss. per. ; day.when; there/are : (10) ten'shearers,., or less,': en-, gaged;, shearing; arid ■ where/more. than; ten: the.rate of'2ss. per thousand sheep shorn,; \or ,part w thereof: i Allvwo.pj^lassers,.' .en-' ga'gecl'Mjy! the'' day' from. $hViMvertiMd*'dote? , of=- starting,: whether '■ working or not, .until..the;shearing^is fin'ished: at 'the: shed, or .until :such time-as : This 'services i shall' '.bo/iro^uift'd j .provided 'that any 'employer:iwho..:;isJ*paying above "those: terms" shall not 'reduce:them ..during the currency ;of. : this award.':.. ■:'-''■/:/■ >• V.AJI ivool required; to be.:skirted.and rolled shtilibe/paid for/: fate, ef 5s ; per bale/ and all .'wool reclassed, 'and not /.skirted and /.folled/atl the;.fate. ; of 2s i6d';Sper/balerisb/sprtediAM :;;,-•/';V;: # Where" the d'u&s- of wooljolasse'l arid: woql-roller, and .isTp , fßd''by,t'th'e,,tlioi{s'andv; hejjijliall'receno .the ;:iwbb£f .jjfts/fixed- '.by the shearers'; award ; in :; .addition'Hb 'the minimum rate v 'per-thousand '.as 'fixed by this -award.:- ; :.. : :/.v:v';''/■■.:>-";:.'■'-/; ;':'//,' " ./Wool-classers travelling' to.any shed for :'.tlie';purpose'!bf' classing wopljjfor any em/ploydr ■ shalPb&'alWwed '"'6ni amount. suffl"cMt to; Suspenses. . /.■•ln the:,'event; of; any: employer .'failing to; start shearing, oh -the 'date fixed by ,the contract,' -the; employer shall pay 255. . : p'er day for:; every, 1 lull-: day the ivool■cln'sser.is such'-failure : is;"caused .by (wet' sheep/ of any■ 'uniorseen'cause; provided.thal 1 the'w'ool-olasser :is ; re'a'dy-.to , star't , 'work*bn;-'thevdato fixed. / .In 'case'of a :cessation..of work: through sh'ike's, of/other .unfprseen.. circumstances, the-agfeement-vbefcween/ the-rclasser and terminated/at any 'time' by-thoimtltual;consent/of both par- ■ ties): : .or:-where.the /.pe'ssation lias!/lasted -for.mofe than one/week,'by cither party. '-'•inv;3uch: case/tlie v jfcla'sser/.who 'jb classing fby''thp/thbusrth:d;,shall;bp:-paid 255. per *day/for/.the time'/heas-kept idle'. ' • '■'~ Th*e::'emplQyef : ';'shair/pf Slide'' the classer ;with /suitable-rbbard'; and■■• lodging free of 'charge;. the sleeping apartment ;to' .be sep'ai'ate/from.ithe sloeping'/apar.tmeht : of the "shearers ;'.ahd.:shed'>ihands;:.toiba 'detached frbm.jtheibuilding'vcohtaihingjsucn sleep! -irig: Th» ompToyor shall provide all "■ reasonable appointinerits, 1 .-innludirig/'chaif^. •' crockery,. :oi-/earthenware/for .table,, -and/.washing .uten'sils. l '';':V',;i~-^.-'.'t^i:'.' ;^v.;/',V'r ; ''''-:''■■.■''■. , ■

?:.No ; person i shall ;be entitled.: tb.become ' a imemberv/of. the/ union : unless .'.i he can show: a' &rt.iiicate';'sigrifjd'.':b'y :his;;previous emplbyef /that>he-:has.;'been- three years, 'at.-the:wool:itracJe.;/:/;;V'';'//>^ ; . >« i.'ln .all.engagements'.prefercnce shall be given" to'.':members': of/.the Wool-qlassers'-. 'tJnipn:/'/"■■'•/'-'■?.' -//■''///'■' •• -:■';'';,