BUILDERS' APPRENTICES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 47, 19 November 1919, Page 2

BUILDERS' APPRENTICES

"A DKPLOKABLK SHOUTAGE." - The shortage uf apprentices in Hip 'l>"iid : n? trade h <liscussctl in tile I'epvt fmbmitlcd by the-executive to u eoiilVr-enco-of the jN'uw Zealand Wilrv:\l"il .Mnstor Builders and (.Vmtractor.-i' .Assoriitiinn. The report ftntes:— "The-position of the trcide with ;r;:iii;'J to awnre'itiee? is a deplorable oih , , as it 1« evident there are not in tnn nnikin;; anything like the number of jonrnrvn<"n rriinired to meet the needs of the trade. Thin your exeeiitii'o 1.-elievp.i is due in the first place to the youths of the Dominion preferring to seek employment in warehouses and offices', or at unskilled work wliicli prcvide.i them villi a .hißhrr wiiße'thaii firsl-yesr nyprenfices are paid: wcondly. to the vofiml of employ'pw .to l-imieii'themselves with npnrpi\(iccs uiuler Arbitration Court nwiml co'ndjtions. o-.v-iiiK to Hie lattw biiulin;: fie omploycr to retain an aniTpiitioe for tlie fiill term of npurcnticesliip. whelher.' he nrovo? a poo<l worker or not. while the experience of many eimiloyers is that the apprentice is not in like manner bound to the employer. Tli' , pravo pnsilinfof tlie tb.des with resard to a reiui-iile supply of t irmrnevinni'. iw : nts tor tin , tirtrent need for tli» iidontinn" of some method of ar''"i»rsithi',' the tnining of juni'irs or \in=kill' , d K-oi-keis in tin , tinder ''"lie proivwal bein b put fovward 'bV trades ■•omu-ils nml torhnieril schcol? ' Wr-ds that employers should lv> eom'T , !!'. , !'. to ';ive iiii',:rentiT« t : «ne of , ,' diirin" ' wovkins hour s is i"> r'"(inn pf Hie diPiiMiU.v. the i!iiw--itio:i of suol' a e-wHion will result in few p'nnrpiitices tnp.ii pv»r 1?"m>" i-miiloy-'l. "('o).ie- of th" i"-n;v.-e(l Dilln i-ut-ii'iili-? the aij. ft number f- f efli"" prnvif'ovs th«, '.voiiUl pVnoe furtliT nbfeitions uron "v , ei.njiloyer, while in no way p"ovidi!i|r lor I H,« -10-pr bindii"? of to ih» ■ I nniilcvev. h.nvp I;*,--:) e : reii'nted mvomr--H>e affiliated liiiion*. Tt is aniK-jratrn Parlismonl will (Ipml with Hie von Her in ! 11,, nenv future, nml the romi-'iHo? pf Hi" >>■«■ /->'"'".l K-nm'py- j rro' Fpdpvation will no doubt »ivn earplf,,l nttention t" "ny fm-u-ard. n-1 will 1" b!-'1 of tV lie.n rf mallei- builder's when the subject is before the House."