THE SOFT GOODS MEN'S UNION.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1425, 27 April 1912, Page 4

THE SOFT GOODS MEN'S UNION.

DEMANDS FORMULATED. In tlio demands that liavo been formulated by the Retail Soft Goods Employees' Union the rates of wages asked for" are considerably in advance of those now rul>n?'«nd ls "Sked that casual hands be mm 1"5 - I!cr . cont " CXCPSS of mvnrd rates, llic union's members include shop ns-sj <tnnts engaged in the drapery, clothini, mercery, tailoring, millinery, and furnishiiir trades. The demands' stipulate that the weeks work shall be forty-thrce hours, the ordinary working hours' to lie from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, or 1 p.m., o ml 1 p.m. or 2 p.m. io 6 p.m., overtime to lie paid at the rale of time ond a half per hour; no work to be done after noon on hat.uruay; double pay on statutory holidays; a forlninht's holiday on full pay every year; if a business establishment i> closed on account of a public holiday lalling on the same week, this shall noi deprive any assistant from his or her usual half-holiday; the proportion of j\j»prentices or improvers shall not ..xcee.l ono to four or fraction of four seniors in nny department in any shop; a Tefercnre to l>e Riven on leaving employment; seven notice of termination of ciiMrrenici'.l by either side; the employ*!- shall provide dining room accommodation sufficient for all employees, male and female, in Iho' establishment. Preference to unionists is also demanded.