STAGE EMPLOYEES' AWARD

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 178, 17 April 1918, Page 8

STAGE EMPLOYEES' AWARD

The following is the lest of the nf-w agreement arrived at in the Wellington stage employees' dispute, tho rate, of wages obtainable under the old award being in pnrentheses:—Draniatlc, comic, or vaudeville stage, minimum wages mechanical slaff.—Casual carpenter?, Is. 9(1. per hour (Is. Gd.); men in charge on. transport, Is. i)d. per hour (Is. fid.). Touring -companies: I'ixsfc travelling mechanist, M. per week (-&1 ins.); second, £o (-£■!); third, M os.; travelling flymen, M 15s. (£', i 155.). Property department (touring): First traveUiug property man, £j l£i 10s.); second, ,£4 ss. U3 155.); third and others travelling, M (,t'i 10s.). Lighting department: Electric wiremen, Is. Bd. per lion r (Is. fjd.); ! switchboard attendant in charge, 7b. fid. per performance. (75.). Touring electrician: First, .£5 UU 10s.I; second, M Ss. ',je;i loe.); third, £1 (£3 155.). Companies not actually on tour. -First mechanists, permanent, ,£3; casual, £1 per da.v; second mechanist, £1 10s.; pro- ! perry men, first £i 10s.; second, 4','j 12s. lid.; casual, 17s. 6d. per day; electrical hands, permanent, £1 10s.; casual, 17s. 6d.; wardrobe masters (permanent), ,£3 Ms.; wardrobe mistresses (permanent), JG\ 10s. Doorkeepers will bo paid X' 3 a week of (in hours, and casual doorkeepers Is. 3d. per hour. General stage hands are to be paid at tho rate of .£1 10s. for seven performances, or -is. lid. for casual performances. The agreement is to bs taken as a basis for now agreements in each of the industrial districts of the Dominion, nnd it will remain in force for three years, ns from Juno 1 next.