TRAMWAYMEN'S WAGES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 205, 25 May 1920, Page 6

TRAMWAYMEN'S WAGES

THE NEW AGREEMENT. Tlio now tramway agreement respecb incr wagCvS, which is to mulct th& city in a very Large sum of money, has now been current a fortnight, though ao announcement of tho particulars has bom made officially. "\Vheii questioned yesterday as to tho new terms, tne Mayo.- (Mr; J. P. Luke) at once> said thaV tho terms were available. Those relating to wages are as follow:— Per hour. JC 6. d. liotormen (first, 6econd and third year) 0. 1 10* Motormen (four years) 0 1 ill Motormen (Bix year.? and over) 0 2 0 Conductors. (first .and second years) 0 1 Conductors (third year) 0 1 Ift Linesmen 0 2 h Linesmen's assistants 0 2 0 Linesmen (emergency) 0 2 0 Wagon drivers . 0 1 10 Permanent way repairers 0 1 111 Track men 0 1 ,9t Motorman of track-cleaner or grinder, per week, of six shifts 5 G 0 Motormen attendant, per week 112 0 Per hour. Car examiners 0 2 0 Cor equipment adjustersFirst grade 0 1 ]U Second grade ® 11® Shed labourers 0 1 Sly Pit men 0 J 1 ' 1 . Arc welders, daytime 0 1 111 Aro welders, night 0-0 Arc welders, .attendants, daytime •' 0 X 10 Arc welders, attendants, night 0 110J Car cleaners 0 19} Leading firemen "on Firemen no i Greasers j) - J, Handy men .' 0 1 11} Trimmers ; — ® lilOl. Hitherto the men of tho tramways staff have worked nine hours before overtime was counted, now overtime counts after eight hours work. It is to 1» paid for at tho Tate of time Nind a, half up till midnight, and after that hour dcuble time. All Sundays and. holidays (enumerated 1 ) are to 1 lie paid to- ;it double rates. ■ , Onlv one point is left in dispute. The City 'Council wish the agreement registered under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act, but the Tramways Employees' Union wish it to be registered under the Labour Disputes Committee. It is understood that flic new scale of wages and fresh conditions approved —now being worked under by the tramway men—will come up for ratification at this evening's meeting of the City Council.