THE IRON TRADE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2150, 16 May 1914, Page 14

THE IRON TRADE

UNION ASKING FOR • JIQBE.

Tho Wellington branch of tho Amalgamated Society of Engineers, along with branches in other centres, is taking steps to obtain a mv industrial award, 'fhov are asking for a reduction of tho working week from 46£ hours to 44 hours, and an ijicteaso in thn ruling ratC3 which aro now from Is. 3d, to Is. 4{d> per hour to a common rate of I la. Bd,, and a minimum of Is. BJd- f-or pattern-makers, who now receive Is. 4Jd. A demand is made of a 25 per cent, higher wage for leading hands on any voi'k. A claim that is interesting is tlsat which demands saloofl fares for workers who ai'o required to travel by. sea, instead o£ steerage fares, which a.ro allowed at pfesent. The following are the conditions demanded for outside- work:—(a) A Worker i employed outside , ef the employer's es' tablisfltncnt ehall bo paid one shilling per day estra, .or for any portion of a i (Say; (i>) . all employees required" to I travel to a job during worlang hows slsatl bo. paid for sucli hours at -crdinnry rate, also for such ordinary -worki ing hours that they may bo kept waiting after arrival at the job: \b) all employees required to travel outeide of icrdinary working lwnrs sitalt be paid f&r tlte actual time- of trsivellriig provided that the masinnitn nu.mbor ©f hours on each outward or lionieAfawl joisniey to be so mid shall not exceed twelve; (d) 'employees shall be paid tlwir faros' both ways and reasonable travelling expenses, and tf reqtiired to stay_ away from homo their Wwl aftd lcrtlgiiifj at current rates; (o) employees travelling by boat shall, if tiavciHug by coastal boat, be allowed saloon fare; and if travelling by inter-State feoat, second-class,faro, except when such re- ' presents steerage, in which case saloon' i'are stall he aflowed; (f) when travelling at night time by train, if at- any time second-class sleeping necommodotioii is providetl, the employe* dtall aiiow second-class ■ sleeping berth t-idict. Ps!ttern-rnflki;-rs > for Work .dono outsido the feTnploycr's establishment, sliftll Vct'eiv«j is. per. clay extra; (g) a«y ©in» ployefe Wnt out to work.and placed in charge of oiie or more workmen shall receive 3s, jK?r day extra. Special ra-tci are doinsuded for overtime and. work deno on Sundays, Is. a day extra" for 'dirty work, the payment of in the .employers' time, tlie prohibition .of piecework, and full preforence" to'unionists. The prapdrtian of apprentices'to "the number of journeymen, it is 'asked) shall he restriet<Kl to ns four, un«J tfhe foHo*Uig Tates Bhallbo paid: 'First" year IQs, j»r week, second yearlCs,", third year 20&., fourth year 905., mid filth year 40s. . A conference is suggested for May 26 noixt, ■ It is umtorstootl thfl.fc the employers regard the- demands as extravagaWfc, and that they will' epposo most «f ttein.'