WELLINGTON BAKERS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1180, 15 July 1911, Page 14

WELLINGTON BAKERS

NEW AWARD SOUGHT. DEMAND'-Km INCREASED WAGES. A new award is sought by the ■Wellington Operative Bakers' Union. Sittings of tho Conciliation Council to consider the ease will be licld at Napier, on July 20; Wanganui, July 21; J'alinerstoii North, July 27; Jlasterton, August 2; Wellington, August 9. Messrs. Jl. Answorth, T. M. Goodchild and Andrew Collins are recommended ■ assessors for the union. The men ast . or increases in wages and reductions n hours. Wages now paid to operutiv bakers in the Wellington district r? go from A3 as. to .£-! a week. Wages i-e now demanded ranging from .(.'3 ss. I- .£3 10s. Polio- ing are tiio demands of the union Hours of Labour. Eight and a half hours shall;constitute a day's work on five days a week; five and a half hours to bo observed oil the usual weekly half-holiday. Timo - for sponging and doughing to be deducted from the day's work, not less than one hour to be allowed for same. Each day to stand by itself as regards overtime. No workman shall work longer than four and a-half hours without a meal, and that half an hour to be allowed for same. Time to comiucno - w r '"k, 1 a.m. The miniu:' of wages shall be as follow: .- week for a foreman ' e; any other hand, j;3 5 nplover is himself subst n doing the actual work in his own bakeliousr . sscd as a foreman or fii • shall take au equal shan ith his men, or, il ho e io sponging, he shall pay - ' . iio does it for hi? time. Tha ( - ,m.. ho-later in the bakehouse than 8 p.m. No workman shall board m resido on liis employer's premises, except in country districts where board and lodging cannot reasonably be. procured; the employee must obtain permission, from his union, charge not to exceed 13s. o week. . Jobbers. Jobbers shall be paid at the rate ol 12s. per day. No jobber to be employee: -for less than four hours at the rate ol Is. Cd. per hour. Overtime same as journeymen. That no labourers be employee in the bakehouse. Substituted Holidays. . Any work dono on any-of the following holidays shall bo paid for at tin rate of 3s. per hour in addition to tin usual weekly wages-.—New Year's Day Anniversary Day, Good i'riday, Easte] Monday, Princo of Wales's Birthday Labour Dav, Sovereign's Birthday, Christ mas Dav, Boxing Day, Bakers' Picnic and January 2. The employers in any citj or town may agree with the union to substitute any other day or days for all oi any of the holidays hereinbefore men tioned. Wien a holiday shall be gener ally observed in any city or town on anj day other than that prescribed lierebj the provisions of this award shall applj to such substituted holiday in such citj or town. li.ite of pay foi holidays ani Sundays to bo 3s. per hour. No cartel shall work in any bakehouse. [ Dispute Committee, i Provision is also made for a Disputi i Committee. These committees were ir ; operation before the Conciliation Conn i oils came into existence, and were-util-ised to deal with technical details in con nection with the trade. Pastrycooks. Similar claims aro also made by tin ! pastrycooks. Tlio hours'and wages askec 1 for are the same. Not more than threi apprentices are to be allowed in one shop i and only ono to each journeyiiian. Female: ' shall not be allowed to manufacture good: - for sale. Each worker shall have si; t davs' holiday a ye.u' on full pay, alst - Christmas Day, Good I-'ridav, and the an , nual picnic day.