SIX-DAY WEEK,

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2117, 7 April 1914, Page 5

SIX-DAY WEEK,

HOTEL WORKERS JUBILANT

OFFICIALS REWAIBED

m\W CONSTITUTION ALT6SED,

■ A' special meeting of tho WolliHgton Hotel ' Workers' Union was iwld last I night to emistdor tho terms of tho neiv \ uwnrd, tho adoption.of ctiiiras for a l'rasli rostai.iiant award awl alteration of ' tho rules o£ tho u»ton. Ocncral-satia--' 1 faction wits exptesßi'd at tire irapro-re- ■' wonts .sneitred in tho award, pui'ticit- , ! larty, nf covirse, tho we ok. [ 5 Tlwra. wore en.o or tiro UiUiot griov- ' flttcos. Tlio failiiro of tho Arbitration ' : Court to grunt tho 355, jusked for ihifd cOttJcs in "fivo-hauded" jobs was commented on, and it was contended, that. . fin attotnnly existed iisasinnch as the • kitchpn hand attending to tho boiler ; 1 was awarded !> higher wago than tiro third cttok m u ln.rgo hotel who ro- . nvirod to be specially skilled. Tho tofusul of this Court to alter tho Jioui-e i and to grant tho campromiso suggested. ; by 'Ll)« nniarj, namely, Qβ hours a week ■tor wen uiul 52 hours a week for wo- : KHi)i, ertnseel expressions «f regret. '• Tlioro was n general fc&ling that tlto S3 htwirs stipulated fs.* restaurants should ' at k-ast liaV'o hecn granted to women i Workurs iu Irotols. Some deabt »n:S cxpNSKSetl as to tko worltableiess ef tho . profcronco clatiso, and tho soeatary stated that, later on an effort would be-: made to the lietelkeqjora, by friendly agrccmoiit, to 'outer into ,a \ swphiwriiify awarf in tho matter of \ prefcrenco olid to ensure tit© engage-. inoiii of workers benig oifocted threugh i ' tho office of tljo' lijiion ae was nskfid for! by tho uiiion and tofaeocj b.y the Court, j 'i'iio h-r.t that otlior wiious, lii other contrcs, havo been able, after all that , - Jiap.ptjieil, to SMiu'p such a concession ' itom tlift empjoyej's, leftros a feeling, it ; was statod, that- the WcHi.Bgtou TJjiJoii, j [ in failinE its get tho concession,'is at a, di&ftTlvantego. ]

Private Hotel Awa.Fdr Tho mooting adoptod the executive'; rcL'ommcttda'tioii in tho matter of thi claims to bo presented to tho privat hotol and restaurant-keepers fox n, facsl awawi fa tho main iho irtovisioti spught and adopted avo hasted eti'tfo tkims originaJlj , prescittcd b,y the iiiiioj in the recent licensed kstel lVorWi case. Them aro ouo or two niiiio, ataeitdjn.ents. AKerifig iho ■ Rules. OoiisictefaWp time was spent in dia cassing the siiggosted ai.ueiid.mGnts t< tto rules of the' wiioii. In tlio enu tho roeeHiniendatioii of tho comisitto on this mat-tor was also unanimous!; adopted. Tho main alterations Iron tho existing • coa.stit.utio.il in thft rulO; now carried jjwvMo for the annual elec ti'dii of alj oßici'jß except tho Bceretai-y and tte trteiMiJal ctcctiou of tho sccj-o tary, as against tltb former tub pro viding for tho haif-j'carly -election oi all officers. Tlie -rulo jirovMfcg. . foi miMitkiy mociiiigs lias been altered t< provide for quartcdy incctijigSj hut f sttceja! provision fes heej; inserted pio. ; vidifig that, if fifty i.iKitohcTS pro.senj a- writtai rqijuJsitioa, then it elall ht inii!Ulator.y fe tho cjfocutivo to oss.il v. special • nicotiiig. A \my im-i)Ort'anj rule, probably, 'it was stated, insertec iii a tvniap's constitution 'ht tlie first iinjc, was adopted. , It reads n'itlfstandmg airy prevision iß.'SJiyJjoi tl'tb'foregeing ralos., Miy 201'' ■iina'Hcia] membch of 'the (U'fran. shall, % d.ep.o.sit= ing the sQni of £s.in tl.to lijtiids -of tbt gejioj-iil seci-etavyj bo ontibted to d:ema:ns in _ writing .tlwt any ■ dc.oisioiS of the uhiooa in oidinary of special meeting., oi any decision or proposal of ftc execii-t-iv-fr, skill be submitted to a; postal ballot §■! tho whole of tho members of the union lor subsequent cOHJirma:tJsn,and fitiftl' appWa]. 9i\d iio effect ffhall fee gitcji by the-\«vion to the decision iii Qteestieu Until awl Wi'lcss a nifljortfe o.f tli© members, voting at *ho postal batlob ■fciikeUj signify tlieir approval of such decision; If ui' such postal, ballot tho ■rotes X'oeoricd in Apposition bh tho confirmation and approval of tho defcisittn suliinitted <Io not cffiial 10 ,j?er ce«fc of the lota 1 vptei rceordofl, itlieii iho £5 deposited shall bo forfeited to -the fynds of the uiiioji." 3ofiuSßs trjd SoerefSflesi ! Special Vfttes of thanks wero carried Wji favour of those witnesses who _ had ■aKisied ifl tho easo boioro tbo A.vbteatioij Court. Ii! recognition, of tho extra work inmesed on tjto ngsistttnt Bc-crotary (Mr. H, O-'M'fflley) during the Court case, lie was,granted a week's hoMny on full pay, and a bo-nus ot £5. For his special, -services cxtiadtMß pvcT hia porioit of cigl'i years i« fifliCß as secretary, and particularly ! for i»s able presentation of tho union's 1 case bofors 'tlio Oourt, the secretary (Mr, ii, >T. piiroy) ftfns granted fee mouths' b.oJMay o.n fiill pay, and a bonus 'of £80., tho ivMlcrstiVimiHg Mng Umt tho osonutiVc- should fis' tho tmio ■»f tlw> hoikky, when tho. preseni effort to liii ill') tiio aw.-jvda huS been cow- : ptoktl. Sa«e tinlenlsttti Jir. €rtroy has reccivetl. ."V Intgo Jiimi*. bin- tff tclegviw* from all. parts of tho. Dominion congrntirlfttJug him u-prtn his ■ warlc for i\m V«>lily ihiy o! rest. Tho. fniloH-Jitg hvlegrnm fwin Jlr. W. A.', Vriteli* M.1 , ., is typiciii rrf iho various :mc*sn.p'S, J.fr. C.iiro.y jins rcerfs:otl:~"- • "Hon-i'tios-t coHitviivHWions on coftstHu* } lviiiitou of ywx mspivatlons ou holiivif of Hidso for whom yo.\i liavo iteiisht hunt It is i«:ii iiiyiiovtivut slop forw«nt, β-iitl«. victory lor ssi-tro uufeirfeni."

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