FLOURMILL EMPLOYEES' DISPUTE
.» By Telegraph.—l'rens Association. Duncdin, April 1. During the hearing oi tne , ilourmill employees' dispute ueluro tlio Arbitration Court to-oay, in which the union asked that the wages be fixed to Is. Sid., Is. Bd., and Is. 2Jd. per hour, <->nd that the starting time ue t> a.m. the year round or else reiiuinei'iliun bj given* for starting at (J a.m., the President asked Mr.- Baymes (union's representative) if he would agree to the Court's suggestion of yesterday of fixing a basic wage and then giving a war bonus to compensate for tho increased cost of living, subject to variations from time to time every six mouths. Mr. Huymcs said they wero quite agreeable to the Court fixing a basic wage and r. war bonus. 'tho President said that a basic wage would bo always open to review. Whatever the Court did here in this dispute it would no doubt be followed in other places, and would in effect be a Dominion award.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 161, 2 April 1919, Page 8
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165FLOURMILL EMPLOYEES' DISPUTE Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 161, 2 April 1919, Page 8
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