BOOTMAKERS' AWARD.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1493, 16 July 1912, Page 7

BOOTMAKERS' AWARD.

(By Tclcgraph.-l'ress Association.) Dunctlin, July 1">. The -\rliilralion Court met lliis morning lo hear the diniulc between the New Zealand i:'cdeiated JJo;>l makers' L'niou and Hi:- .New Zealand .Manufacturers' Federal ion. Mr. i'l'.vor wauled inserted the following iiilililiou l:i (lie apprentices' clause; "Noiwillislaudiiig anything licrciu contained, I lie pro-cut custom regarding (ho cinpluviiieut of boys at lied building .-hall c-on-liliue." Mr. M'Kinlay, on behalf of a large number of eniiiloyers in Uic Dominion, said he wished lu enter a prntvsl against I lie proposed ailililioii. The Court's usual umlcr-rnte workers' as agreed nu under Hit new award, so far as male workers are concerned. The preference clause remains as at present. It is provided that (he award shall apply to hot wax lliread machinists in addition l,i those already covered by it. In eon-m-ction with permits for work at home, applications shall be referred lo representatives of the Boot Manufacturers' Association and representatives of the union, and in (lie event of their not agreeing, the ticci.-iou of the Inspector of Awards shall he final. In t'he old award, (lie wages for first grade nun were 12Jil. an hour.; in Hie new award (lio minimum rat.-;, of wages has been fixed at lid. all lionr. Tho Court's usual under-rale worker's clause is inserted in place-of the restricted clause, which appeared in (lie old award, which is in accordance with the reiiuircmeiits of tlie Act. Apprentices get a slight increase in wages, and boys, other than apprentices are now allowed to work at cementing channels and bottoms. So far as female workers are concerned, the under-rale workers' clause is (he same as above. Apprentices have been done away with, and assistants are provided for. The employer lias now the right to dismiss his; assistants at any time on giving six hours' notice, and to deduct wa»es for time lost through the illness or default of the worker, or through the factory being closed down for cleaning or for the repairing of machinery. No alteration is made in the wages for journeymen.