FILED AWARDS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1411, 11 April 1912, Page 3

FILED AWARDS.

PETONE WOOLLEN MILLS CASE. SAME AS CANTERBURY. The award of the Court of Arbitration has been filed in connection with the industrial dispute between the Pelone Woollen Mills employees and the Wellington Woollen lianufarluring Company, I.'ld. The award is the, same as that made iu the Canterotiry district, and comes into force ;:n liny C next. The principal provision* nrj as follow:— Hours of Work. A week's work shall consist of 48 hours, and hours of wo.-king at night shall be amnged between the mill manager and the majority of the night workers, while the hours for day workers shall be fixed by the employer, subieet to the previsions of the Factories Act. lOCS. Rates of Pay. Ifiile workers over (he age of 21 years employed as wages hands shall foe paid the following minimum rates of wages:— Wool sorters. 50s. per week; tuners, 565. per week; warpers, 565. per week; pattern weavers (hand loom), -18s. per week; spinners, 50s. per week; carpenters, 60s. per week; blacksmiths, 60s. per week; all other workers, 455. per week. The scale of wages for girls ranges from Bs. per week in the first year to 255. per week after the fourth year. Boys and youths between the age of H and 15 years shall receive Bs. per week, ami increases up to 355. per week between the age of 20 and 21 years, and thereafter 455. per week minimum. The scale of wages for boys and youths on night work ranges from'2ss. per week to !)7s. per week, while the minimum wage for men on night work is 48s. per week. Flue cleaning is to be paid for at the rate of 2s. per hour or by contract, while special provisions relate to hosiery hands, pieceworkers (present rates), and weavers attending tiic two looms. Overtime. Overtime shall 1m at the rate of time arid a quarter for the first four hours timo worked after the ordinary hour for ceasing the day's work; timo and a half for work done after the first four hours until starting time next morning; double time for work done on Sundays or the recognised holidays, which shall be those mentioned in the Factories Act. Nothing contained in the award as to hours of .work, overtime, and holidays shall be deemed to apply to watchmen. Other Provisions. It is provided that every employer shall have full control over the management of his own factory, and shall bo entitled to make such regulations not inconsistent with the piovisions of the Factories Act or of this award, as he shall deem necessary for timekeeping and good order. One week's notice in writing of termination of tho engagement shall be given by either side, but such notice shall not be necessary where work is prevented owing to accident to the mill or machinery. . Provision is also made for under-rate workers and for preference to unionists, but nothing contained in the award shall prevent the continued employment of workers now in the employment of any employer, although such workers may not be or become members of the union. ' Hatters Not Provided For. Anything not provided for in the award shall be mutually arranged between two representatives of the local union and the mill maniger, and, where there is no local union then between two employees, to be nominated by tho workers concerned, and the mill manager. In the event of (heir being unable to agree, the matter shall be, referred to the Conciliation Commissioner 'for settlement. Either side, if dissatisfied with tho decision of the Conciliation Commissioner, shall have the right to appeal to the Arbitration Court. , PLUMBING TRADE. MINIMUM WAGE -NOT RAISED. The award of (ho Court has als* been filed in the dispute between the Wellington Plumbers,' and Oasiitters' Union and the employers. It comes into force on April 22 next for a period of three years. The award is based for the most part on the award made in I'JOT. The union asked to have the classification of journeymen abolished, and the minimum wage increased to Is. (id. per hour, but, in the opinion of the Court, failed to advance anvthiug to justify such an alteration. The alterations made by the Court arc these: (1) The definition of plumbing work ltas been taken from the Auckland award. (2) Provision has been made for payment for dirty work in certain cases. (.1) Another preference clause has been substituted for that in the previous award. Plumbing Work Defined. "Plumbing work" shall mean and'include ship's" plumbing, all sanitary work, gashtting, hot and cold water fitting, hot water and heating apparatus, fixing of roofing, spouting, down-pipes, gutters, valleys, and flashings in any melols, iron drain-pipes and vents to any house or building. Provided that this definition shall not operate to prevent any engineer from doing any work in connection with the fitting "of hot water or beating apparatus or to" prevent a carpenter from fixing roofing. Rates of Wages. (a) Evcrv journeyman plumber who lolds :i certificate of the ordinary or honours grade granted by the City and Guilds of London Institute, or some other certificate of equal value, shall bo paid not less than Is. sd. per hour; (b) every other joiirnevman plumber or gasfitter shall be paid liot less than Is. 4d. per hour; (c) every journeyman employed at work on a ship under 'the lower platform of the engine-room or in the bilges or in confined places about the boilers shall be paid Is. per day extra as dirt money. Preference. Preference to unionists is provided for with (he reservation that the clause shall operato onlv if and so long as the rules of the union shall permit any journeyman plumber or gastitter of good character and sober habits to become a menibrr of the union upon payment of an entrance fee not exceeding as., upon a written or verbal application, without ballot or other election, and to continue a member upon payment of subsequent contributions not exceeding sixpence per week. The other clnuses of the award deal with hours of work, overtime, and holidays, country work, suburban work, assistants, under-rate workers, and exemptions. ENGINEERS' AWARD. (By Telceraph—Press Association.) Christchurch, April 10. In tho case of the Canterbury engineers' award (Christchurch branch), the following interpretation has been made by the Arbitration Court:—All timo lost by an apprentice, either through his own default or through sickness, in any year of his apprenticeship shall be made up before such apprentice shall bo considered as having entered upon (he next succeeding year of his apprenticeship, but an apprentice working overtime shall havo such lime addeil to his ordinary time in calculating the respective years of his apprenticeship. The clause does not apply to timo lost before the award came into force.