PRINTING AND RELATED TRADES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 301, 14 September 1920, Page 5

PRINTING AND RELATED TRADES

TWO DOMINION AWARDS FILED. Br Telosraoh—Press Association. Auckland, September 13.., Domiuion av'ards for the Mated PrinV i inc Trades (Bookbinders and Lithograph* , ersl Union and the Federated Typoeranh- ; ical Union wore filed this morning. Tho chief features of the former are:-Bool;-binders' hours, forty-five per .week lor day workers and forty-two for night 'Work- : crs Wanes (Class 1, centres of population ; ot "over EOOO: Olaes 2. 5000 and under):- I Journeymen letterpress machinists, book- ; hinders, imner-rnlers. etc.: Class 1. £4 ins.• 3d.: Class 2, £4 ss. Gutters: Class 1. first vcar. .€2 19s. 9d.. second year £3 2s. 9d., i third year £3 12s. 9d., thereafter £4 10s. 3d • Class 2. 7s. less than the above rates. Hofary lithographic. rotary offset, machinists, and zinc transferers. £4 15s. 3d. Bo- '■ t-nrv newspaper machinists in the four, cities: Head of department, by arrange- ' nieit: first machinist, £4 10s. 3d.: leading . general hand. £3 7s. 9d.: ireneral hands,' £3 2s. 9d. Stereotypers: Head ot department, by arrangement: aEnistant. £4 10s. 3i1.; general hands, .63 2s. 9d. In 'addition, a bonus of lis. is granted and for night workers 10 per cent, extra, with a maximum of 10s. is added to tho day basic wage. For females in a'ny branch tho nay is fixed as follows First six mouths. 17s. 6d.; second six months, £t: second year, ' £! 55.: third year, £1 10s.: fourth year. £1 155.: thereafter. £2 6s. The award'will , remain in forco from 3fay 1. 1920, iintil April 2. 1922. 1 Typographers' wages aro fixed as fol- ! low:—Linotype, intertyne. and lithograph lnaohincß. day operators: Working within 10 miles of the four hip cities. £4 13?.-; n outside, £4 15s. Monotype day operators: Insido tho radius, £4 165.: outside, £4 12s. Monolinc, typograph, barotyiie, sini- i plex and othev composing machines: Day operators, in towns with* over 7000 population, £4 10s. 3d.; day operators in smaller centres. £4 St; casual operators. 3s. per hour in daytime.. 3s. 6d. at nisht. A bonus of lis. is added, and for night workers tho Court awards 10 ner cer.t, extra. with a maximum of 10s. Weekly stono i and bulk hands in newspapers in largo cities. £4 10a. 3d. for day work. .£5 os. 3d. for nignt work. Sccond stone hand: Day, i £4 15s. 3d.: nlirht, £5 6s. 3d. O.isuaMnilk ; hand: Day, 2s. 6d. per hour: nii»ht. ok. A. bonus of lis. uer week is provided. Piecework rates are also defined, and hours aro fixed at 42 ncr week. Females are to re- 1 ccivc the same rate of pay as men. j A Vrrss Association cable message from ! liondon stales tJmt st the Doiieaster > Woodstock sales, Mr. Bandford, vicc-chair-man of the Australian Jockey Club, paid 16,000 guineas for a Sunstar colt. ! iTho cablo news In this Issuo accredited i to the London "Times" has appeared In ! that journal, but only whero oxprcssly j •toted is Mioh newa the editorial opinion the "Tlmei.") i