WAREHOUSE WORKERS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1299, 30 November 1911, Page 2

WAREHOUSE WORKERS

DISPUTE UNSETTLED, TROUBLE ABOUT ASSESSORS<:oi;j?t to i;i:i,k. The Merchants' Ass-M'iinl:*' dispute "Sow came ln'iorc Ihe Conciliation t.om-im..-icn<T (Air. J , , lin.iyj ycstoniay. JWSI'.-i, 'J'. l)illlll) h (;l', J.'. -U|>(!]lUS, iljia U'. •'• 1 iioinp.-.oii with assessors' lor the cmIHo.Ars, ami .Messrs i.i. i.r. l-'arland, K. i'..!Miiil).-.nii, mm \\. m. Bedford loi- tlio '"'H'li. Jir. W. A. \X. ureiilcU was ngent. for the employer.-, and Mr. .\. ii. Cooper for the union. Mr. CirciiK'il said tho position was that Hie, emmoyers haul met tliu union in roguru to the conditions umicr wuieh storo jueii wore to be oinjiiuyect, and linn s=ul>"n,,,' , ji'- 0 " 1 ! I , " 1 !' 0 *"*- "J ho union ? »"' u •livulo tlin riispute into two socl o ..v-tl,n warehousemen . or assistants oiid llic f.twine)i. The employers jiad "B'-ocd to Hit Moromcji's mi-tioii, but lore wns nolhiiig in common between If tttirvlioiiwinoii oiiipto.vcd in djfiereut li iv """.""'""Pw.vcrs insisted Unit MOns ol the Act, which stated that ai-H's-jon.my,, bo bona fid,, employed in the 0 MS afU that tho dispute should 1)0 i!i«i;x.t t a^! ,n,ncu > i,o,im Mr. Koi-.urir] said ii,« t t| lc ullion , prepared to provide as manv na were necessary, but, if iho uiiiplovWs' proposal wore agreed t... tho cute would l)o kept, goino; for three or four monthLht! union contended that it couM n ro . coed with the mso with three assessors ono of wlioui was <:xp«ri(Mcca m hardwaro ami one in ,oft goods, while tho lliird was a coiicrai iiiiin. Mr. Oi-cnl'cll mid thai it was imnov . siblo In lind (lireo assessors who wouid reasonably represent all flushes of emplover.-. Mr. I'arlaml .rejoined that Ilic council was not dealiug wilh the conditions of the imliittric.. 'they wore .-ismiig oaiy lor a iniiiiiniini wage. Mr. Ureufell: Will yon delete everything but woM-, Mr. I'arlandr Mr. l-'arland: liverytbiiig but wages and hour-. ■ If you, gentlemen, wWi to delay tho thing Mr. Cirenfcll said that his i-ido did not jrisii b dear llio Tht-y wished that the ruling of the Court .-liould be complied with. Mr. l-'arland staled that the c-mplovces were prepared to go on at uuee , Jhe Comiiiiuiioner- You io»), Mr. Grcntell. Hunt you cannot go on? Mr. (irenfcll: That is h o. 'J'he Coumiissiopei- remarked (hat In had found the t-loroiiiMi'* .-.«tioj! diffitult to deal with, there wore such a number of Ktoromon. It would b« a much more difnciilt matter in regard to the warehousemen. Jt would be a gijcd thing if tho union cancelled iU registration. Mr. l->rlancl venlici that the union was not prepared to d that. n Mr. Simpson remarked that lw did not junk t.'mt any Court would e-k tbe imicm to appoint 4H assessors Thev wrre in the held to light this matter out, and thev wero ijoius to fiijht it out. The C'ommis-ione- that (he natters-in dispute should be Mibniitted to tho < Jon it for a ruling. - Mr. i'arland said that the demand for separate assessors raised a tremendous hurdle. 11 this were insisted upon, the only thing would bo to take Judge Sim's ruling. Tile Commissioner suggested that (he union asseisoi-.s ipight withdraw the whole ol iho demands in regard to warehouse, men and then file .1 fresh dispute. Mr. Farland sak' (hat ho was sorry that a ot of .superficial objection! (o the proposals of the union had been worked up. Mr. Grcnfcll: 1 object , to (hat slate mont. It is not true. It was finally; agreed that thVageute for tho jiarties should draw up questions to bo submitted to tho Arbitration Court yt it* next sitting iu Wellinglou. Xothins iurtliM- will be done uulil the rulintr of tho Court has been obtained.