GENERAL LABOURERS
NEW AWARDS.
By agreement before the Conciliation Council, new awards have been obtained for builders' and general labourers in Napier. Hastings, and Wanganui. The hours for builders' labourers are fixed at 44 nor week, and for general labourers at 47 per week. Tho rate of pay agreed upon is Is. 3d. an hour, with a war bonus of 10 per cent. There are the usual preference, holiday, and overtime clauses. The Wellington City award for builders' and general labourers cam© into operation last week. Under it wages are fixed at Is. 3d. an hour with a bonus of 10 per cent. The only matter in dispute when this caso camo before the Court was preference, and tms the Court granted.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 54, 27 November 1917, Page 7
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122GENERAL LABOURERS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 54, 27 November 1917, Page 7
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