TAILORS' AND TAILORESSES' DISPUTE
By Telegraph.—Preaa Association. Dunedin, September 13. The tailors' and shop tailoresees , ( dispnte came beforo the Arbitration Court to-day. The union aslcod that tho minimum wages for tailors should bo 35?. <i week, or Is. lid. an hour. The minimum asked for tniforcsgee tvns: Coatmaters, 40.3. a. week; trousers, vest, and ehirtmiikers, to. a week; machinists, 375. Gd. a week, or 10d. an hour. ' ; Tho employers offered' 555. a week, fir Is an how for tailors, and 30s. a week, or' Rd. nn hour, for tnilore-i=es. The Court agreed that a confennce of the parries was fittessary, ns the trad 1 in the higbov branches wn« 111 a parlons state. The Court thought some medium course could lie ndopted m the interests of employers and employees. Tho parties were ordered to onopnyoitr to evolve a scheme for their mutual benefit. The hrnrinsr of the dispute ivns ndiourned to Christchuroh nnxt ■\ confine- will be M( m Wnllingi.oii before the disimfe is finally heard there.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3190, 14 September 1917, Page 3
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166TAILORS' AND TAILORESSES' DISPUTE Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3190, 14 September 1917, Page 3
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