THE PRINTING TRADE

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 134, 2 March 1920, Page 8

THE PRINTING TRADE

. AGREEMENT REACHED AT CON- '•.;.. FERENCE. ' An agreement was arrived at yesterday . between the:.employers and workers in the printing trade (excepting the typographical hands). The claims were dis- ; cussed bv representatives of both sides ■ A » at a private conference in Wellington. Mr. F: Pirani, a'ssisted by Mr. J. Gamble, ■ conducted the case 'for the employers, and ther. representatives present were— Empldvers: Messrs. L. T. 'Watkins,' A. Sando. T. Jones. t H.* Coull, and C.-W. Earle,; employees: Messrs. C. Renn (Canterbury). E. Hustler - (Wellington).' B. Martin XAuclcland), and C. Leyden (Wellington). The agreement provides for the classification of the Dominion into two sections—cities and towns with populations over 5000. and those under that number. -. The wage was fixed to/include a bonus of'l6s.'6d. per week, and ranged from £} 17s. 6d. for journeymen—bookbinders, ijaper rulers, letterpress and lithographio ; . Machinists—the basic wage thus being £4 ' Is., and the*total, inclusive of bonus, £i 17s. 6d. ' " Fof.'cutteis. the tcjtal wage and bonus is to be:—lst year, total wage-and bonus,.£3;..2nd year, .£3-103.; 3rd year, £i; thereafter .£4 17s. Gtl.' In other depart--merits-of'the,''trade the- amounti will be: • Rotary lithographic, and. rotary off-set jjtaehinists.'ttotal £5 2«. 6d. Rotary ■' newspaper machinists, in th<ufour cities-.

Heads of departments, by arrangement; *" Ist machinists. : M 17s. Gd.; leading g'en'eral hands. '£3 155.; general hands, £Z 10s. Juniors, Ist year, i£Llss.; 2nd yeai, 3rd year. £2 10s. . Outside the four machinists, £i 17s. Gd.; assistant:■ £i. Juniors, Ist. year, .£1 125.; ' '2nd year. .€ll7s.'; 3rd year; £2 7s. , i ■• Stereotypcrs, in the four cities: Heads of departments • by arrangement; assistant,£f 17s; Gd.; general hands, £3 !os. Juniors, Ist year, £1 155.; 2nd year, J8; 3rd'jcar; ,£2-10s. Outside the four cities'; Ster'eotyper, £i 17s. Gd.; assistant, £1; juniors, the, sanio as in tlio rotary section. Night-workers in all these olasses ; receive 10 per cent, extra with a imuri!jnum.of .103.; apprentices and junior night-workers ss. weekly added to the .day wage. '.-in'.the .case of female workers ' the maximum' basic wage is:—First six months, 17s. Gd.; second six months, .£1; 6econd year; ■£1 55.; third year, SI 10s.; fourth year; ; ! £1 155.; iind thereafter £2 ss. Overtime for journeymen receiving *M 17s. Gd. is 3s. 3d. per liour for the first three hours, and 4s. 4d. thereafter, except on holidays, when 4s. 4d. and Gs. , Gd. respectively will be paid. Other wage-earners (those on the £i 17s. Gd.' scale) are to be paid overtime proportionately. Overtime .worked by day work- • ers after midnight is to 1)6 paid is. id. In' the bookbinders' section the l making of end papers is withdrawn from journeymen's work. • Apprentices, in class 1 Teceive: First yeary'VEl; second year £\ 55.: third year, £1 10s.-; 'fourth year, £1 15a."; fifth year, £2 55.; sixth year, £3. In class 2 the pay is ss. less per week in each case. The agreement is for a term, of two years from April 2 next. The. delegates agreed that it was advisable that a conference of rcpresenta" tives of both sides should be held to consider the whole question of the education ofsapprcntices. Two minor clauses were left to, he dealt with by the Conciliation Council. The,hours for day workers were fixed at 45, and for night-workers at 42 per .. week. i The conference in reference to the tpyo(frnphical section which was held on Wednesday last was abortive, owing to failure to come to an agrc-ejient on the wages question.