DRIVERS' WAGES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1454, 31 May 1912, Page 5

DRIVERS' WAGES.

4 . A FUTILE CONFERENCE. ■\ confercnco of representatives of OTi'i'vin? firms in ail the loading centres in t'lic Dominion, ami of delegates from llie Drivers' Federation, was field in tlio Employers' Association rooms yesterday, the object, bemt: to agree. if .possible, upon (he terms or n proposer, Dominion award. The employer, luut conicned ,10 previous day. and. having considered the claims submitted by the Federation, they, met the workers' representatives ycslcrdav. The only (own of any importance from which I lie employers were not represented was tnvereargili. and the roa-011 of this was that a recently made award is on behalf of Die Federated Drivers' Unions as to hours oi work and rates i,f pay wore dismissed for some considerable time in conference vofterday, but it was at leiuilh found inipossible to reach a ba.sis of settlement, and Hie eonferenee ended. The employees askeil for a 171 hours week, inclusive nf stable attendance, while ihe present award provides for a i7'. hours week excluding lime spent: in altondnnoe to horses in Ihe stables. The unions also asked for wages at the rate of ,C 2 lis. prr work for ! rlvivN-s of on*-horM» vrhiolrs. .£2 for two-horse drivers, ami Is. per week nddi-l-.ional for every additional horse under » man's rlinrge, either for drivinc er stable work. The proseni r.iie? in Wellington are .£2 7s. and -£2 11s. per week respectively. willi no provision for ejtra horses, and in almost every other pari of the Dominion the rales are !s. and £~,