FOXTON WATERSIDE WORKERS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1403, 1 April 1912, Page 3

FOXTON WATERSIDE WORKERS.

THE AGREEMENT. Tlie folloTiiiu 15 a co|>y of the agr-ce-uieiil Ix't'veou (Icy Xev.- Xculmui Kmployer.-,' Federation iintl tile: Fo.Ntun IViitprside "Workers' aatl Gu:cnl T.a!i«iirt'rs' I'll ion, in to and c-:in<lit*inn.s of em|.lo.viiient fur wlii'irl' liibom- a! (lie I>o:i of Foxtoii:— Hours of Work. The nriliiiiir.v hours sluil! lie froi.i S a.m. to r> p.m. cxclu-ivo of uu-A lionrs (from 12 noon to 1 p.m.), M.imli.y to l'i-iilny, lioth ini'liisirc. On Satiinlav tlio ordiiiar.v lmsiis slinll h: from S ii'in. to noun. All other time slnill be cln-ccl as overtime. Rates of Pay. Stevedore and general cargo work— Ordinary time, Is. (id.;, overtime to 10 p.m., 2i. 2d.; overtime 10 p.m. to 8 a.m., 2s. 3d. AM coal work—Ordinary time, Is. Bd.: orci'timv to 10 p.m., i<. Od!; ovtrtimo 10 p.m. to 8 a.m., :?s. 7d. Holidays. All work done on .Sunday?. Christmas Day. and Good ftitliv, .shall lju paid for at the rate of double ov.-rtimo. All work done on any of the other holidays hereinafter mentioned shall be paid for at (lie rate of ordinary overtime between b' a.m. and j p.m. (at'the rate fixed to 10 p.m.), and double ordiniry time for anv work More S a.m.. of after j p.m. The holidays throughout the jear shall be Sew Year's Day, Anniversary ])av, (j'uod Friday, Ko.-ter .Mon-lay, Birthday of reignins Sovereign, Labour Day, Christmas l):\y, Hoxiug U.iy, ami the union's picnic dav. If any of these holidays shall be generally 01-served, on any day other than Ihat on which it falls, ilio provisions of tliis agreement shall apply to such other day instead of the original day. The date of the union's picnic at each port shall bo determined in each year, by the local committee, oiiil the union shall not debar any of its members from working on such picnic day should they desire to do so. Nightwatchmon. Casual shall be paid Ills, per liijiht from 6 p.m. to (i a.m., but the existing practice is to continue as to payment of nii'ii for keeping short watches. Saturday Afternoons and Starting Midnight on Sundays. The oyeriimo rate for work done between midnight on Sundays and S a.m. on Mondays -iiall bu double ih? ordinary rate for the class of work the men are engaged at. Men Ordered Down. Men who are ordered down and attend ami are not employed shall receive a niinitliiiin of rivo hours' pay, and, similarly, if put on to work, shall not be jraid' for Iqh th.in two hours, such payments to lie made afc the ordinary or overiime rates 'according to the time ordered down) for the class of work (liev were eiiffapcd for, and I In? employer Mull have liberty, -.vitliiu such two hour--, to employ ~ny such nuin so onbred doivn either on the ship for which he was, originally engaged, or any other belonging t:i or to the employer. This clause shall not, however, apply in the case of men who have been working on the same ship en the previous day, and cannot start again at the usual time on the next day, in consequence of work belli;; stopped by rain or shortage of raihviy tracks. Such men, however, are to be permitted to return to tiic wharf labourers' waiting-room.

Failure to Start Work. 'When li'.cn are oriieiT;! down lo «-nr)r, ond one or more i.iils to or to ccmmcnco work at Iho uiwoinU'd linio, the giuin alVfctt-il .-'mil, if rconired to do fin. work shorl-iiandi'd lor one hour, lo nllon- of Ihe siihsiiti'ie or snbtihile* Iwiii'f ionnd, provided that sin-h _siih-t itnlfs i;iiiy he at any time iii'espc-i-tive of Iho lime fur ll'.e cir,'a'.,'e;:iont of luljgiir v.iiich Miiiy 1.0 lixc-.l undf-r Clause B hereof. If a man i.r men cannot l:o fumid lu fill any vacancy, woik to continue nnlwithstanding, thu gang being Men Ordered to Stand, By. Shmil.l men that, have linen employed be ordered tn siand b'y, they slmlt receive half-pay liot,v:ce:i the hours of 3 a.m. and r> p.m., at the iv.ic iixed i.-r Iho clow of work i*nr wiii,eh I hey were and during overtime hours shall be paid itiit late. Haichnicn. A conrpek'ut haicliman or bull-rope man sliiill be employed on dock receiving cavgo and dhehargins; cai^o. Weights for Trucking. In loading or tliscliargiii.T cai;;o » I ruckload for tin) iiiPii shall not exceed twelve cwh, except in the case of a p.icknge which shall to above that weight: and ,1 truck-load for one man shall not exceed i'ivo cwl., and \vh?ro fheso iveiffhls are exceeded assistaiicn shall l>e k')' 1 '" in proper proportion to the extra weight inYolved. Preference. The employers agree tliat, in Uio employment of'labour within the scope of this agreement, they will, at the respective ports, give preference Jo members of (ho unions included in this agreement, and in consideration thereof, ,the unions jointly and severally agree tlml: during the, currency of this agreement membership of the unions, or any of them, shall be open to any man without ballot or other election, and that no fee sufficiently prohibitive to debar any worker from joining the union and lendin" to create the union a close corporatiJii shall be.charged during the currency of this agreement. The sourctory of the union at each port to ndvisi) employers from time to time the names of men who have ccasad to be' members of the union. Kmployers in employing labour shall not discriminate against any officer of the unions, or any of them.

Oilier clauses in tho agreement concern meal hours, baskets (coalin? work), fractional time, recognised , foreman, beach and salvage work, gear, application tf ngreenient, limitation of agreement, local committees. . The agreement is to come into force in \nril 1. 1912- and shall continue in force uiilil January »1, 1914, aiid thereafter shall continue in force until super.-c-'lcJ by a new agreement.