COURT OF ARBITRATIOM

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2484, 10 June 1915, Page 9

COURT OF ARBITRATIOM

' THE ENGINEERING INDUSTRY. (By Telettranh.—Press Anjoclstlra.! Auckland, Juno 9. The deliberations of the Court of Arbitration during the past two days have beon directed to the consideration of tho working conditions of the iron workers of the Dominion. Yesterday the whole day was taken np with a thorough investigation of die conditions of work of boilerworkers and bridegbuilders, with a view to the framing of uniform awards for various industrial districts of the Dominion. To-day attention was devoted to the working conditions of engineers. Tho unions concerned are respectively the Boilennakers' Union and the Amalgamated Sooiety of Engineers. Evidence has been taken by the Court in Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, and wnen the hearing nas been concluded in Auckland the Court hopes to have all the available material to enable uniform awards to be made, both for the boiler-making and engineering industries in the Dominion. To-day the Bench announoed that they had arrived at the conolusion that motor mechanics should bo included' in the Engineers' Award, but not cyclo mechanics.. There was no question that motor, mechanics wore engaged in a branch of the engineering trade, and they had hitherto been joined in tho award. The Court was making a Dominion award for the engineering trade, and did not feel inclined to leave out this branch. Caro would be required in defining a motor mechanic and thore would also need to bo some special regulations in regard to hours. Since the motor trade was subject to special conditions every opportunity would be given to employers to bring evidence as to the special conditions applicable to the trade.