INDUSTRIAL AWARDS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 75, 22 December 1920, Page 3

INDUSTRIAL AWARDS

A LENGTHY LIST FILED AMENDMENTS AND FIXATIONS Vnrious amendments . to-.--industrial twards following Vite pronouncement of the, Arbitration Court■ m relation to the bonus have been filed. ■ •The full bonus of 9s, has-been nllowed the Wellington (twenty-live mile radius) dairy employees (drivers or distributors), and the minimum rales for learners nre xb bo augmented by a bonus of Is .Gd. per <lny unless ,and until the Court shall otherwise order.- : , .In the case of the Wellington city corporation drivers, a 3s. bonus is to be paid on the minimum rates. Several amendments have'been made to the award coiiflrolling \ the Wellington district furniture trades. > The' minimum wises to be paid to journeymen cabinetmakers, upholsterers,-, chair and framemakers, machinists, Woodcarvors, turners, and polishers are to be 2h, an hour, and for picture-frame makers and wiremattress niakerS'.in all branches Is. IOJd. an hour. Labourers employed a;! timber stacking, furnituro packing, or other 'unskilled work are to be paid not less than Is. 7d. an hour. Tho. minimum rates in all cases stated above axe to be increased by a bonus of 33d. an hour. An employer taking an apprentice to learn the trade shall lie deemed to undertake o. duty,'and must pay the'foilowing. rates of, wase.s:—First year, 15s. a ,week; second year, XI 2s. Gd.; third;year,,Xl 10s.; four year, XI 17s. Gd.; fifth, year ',€2'los. Those railes are to be increased. by a bonus of ls.> a 'week. The amendments nre to . take -effect a? from November. 1 last.

Concessions for Tailors, The Wellington Tailore' Union has received several concessions. The minimum -rate for men paid by the week, including pressors, is to be Xi, and a- Ds. bonus is to be added to this. No deduction is to be made from ahe weekly wago save for time, lost through the default ov sickness of tho worker. The time statement for pieceworkers is • to be calculated at! the rate of Is. lid. an hour, and_ the earnings of pieceworkers are to be increased by a bonus of 3s. a week. When, other than weekly hands are employed at ladies' tailoring, the work may be done at the option of the. employer either at log ratios or at tho minimum rate of Is.; 9Jd, per hour. When thnre is a. normal'average output by a weekly employee, and he makes more than that amount in the ordinary working hours of one week, he .will be entitled to additional wages in proportion to the output in comparison with the normal output, together with an" additional 20 per cent. There,are special clauses in relation to overtime. .. The rates for apprentices as follow:—First' year, 15s. a week"; second year, XI 2s. Gd.; third year, XI 10s.; fourth year, XI 17s. 6d.j fifth year, X 2 10s., The award will operate as from November 1.

v Shop Assistants'. Affairs. In tho case of 'the Wellington Industrial District Retail Shop Assistant!}' Union, assistants sixteen years 'of age ami under entering the business'without having had previous experience are to bo paid ns followsMales—First year, ,£1 a week; second'year, il : 7s. itkl.; third year, £1 155.; fourth year, .£2 I'sb. ; fifth year, ,£3; thereafter, ,£3' 15s. 'Females: First year, 15s. a week; second year, wClj third year, £1 55.; fourth year, ~£l 10a.; fifth year, £1 155.; thereafter, .£2. Tho minimum. rates aro to. be increased by the following'bonuses:—Male workers in their firsi', second, third, and fifth years of, service,-6s. a weok; male workers in

their fourth year of service, 3s. a-week; , those in receipt of tha minimum rate of -£3 15s. a week, a bonus of 13s. a week. Female workers in whatever .year of service, under the age of twenty-one years, Bs. a week, and over that age, 6s. 6d. a Week. Storemen and packers over ilhe aye of 21 years are to bo paid, as follows:

•-•Storeinaii •or packer ,in charge oi two or'inoro :l men j 'other-than casuals, <£i- a week; other storemen or packers, .£3 10s.; junior storemen or packers -under 17 years,of ase,>£l 25.; 17 to 18 years, JCI 7s. 6d.j 18 to 19 years, .£1 135.; 19 to 20 years, *<81 18s. '6(1.; 20 to 21 years, £2 43.; thereafter the minimum wage is to be paid'. Bonuses are to be paid as follow: &loremen and packers, 13s. a week; junior storemen and packers, 6s. a week. The award will not apply to storemen or packers covered by the provisions of the wholesale merchants' storemen and packers' award, and will operate as from November 1 last. ' Wellington shop tailoressw are to receive a weekly wage .'(for . ladies' work) of ,£1 15?. a week for • the first • six months after the completion of apprenticeship, and thereafter not less than £2 n, week. When other weekly hands are

employed work may be done atf log:ratos or at the minimum l rate of Is lid'.' an 'hour by 'Elie clock. The rates in all cases are to he augmented by a-bonus of 6s. 6d. a week. A first-class machinist is to he deemed to bs ono working for'nil overage of thirteon workers, or if for . a less number, one who cftji fill up her epare time in making; a gannenil.- . She is to -be paid a minimum of £Z a week, and second-class machinists, will : be paid .£1 15s. a week, the bonus'in each'case to be Gs. 6d. a week. , The minimum rate of Bd. an . hour . appearing, on the time statement will be incieascd to ,10d. nn hour. The award will operate as from November 1. ■

Wages for E-nginedrivers. Wellington enginedrivers are to. be paid' es foUbH-:—Holders of first-class stationary • enginedriyors 1 certificates, 17s.' a dayholders of second-class certificates, 365. a day. ; Work requiring the holding of a traction or locomotive certificate, for eiigine.-i moving from plnco to place is to be paid for at the rate of 17s. a day. Firemen are to be paid 15s. Gd. a day »nd greasers 15s. fid. a day. ' When any worker under the award is required to Ket up steam: when awirtiiig work or to bank fires when ceasing work, • and .this involves his : working outside >. working hours, he shall be paid an additional Is; a day. The minimum rates will be increased by si bonus of fid. a day. Nothing in the award will apply to youths up to the uge of 18 years employed in firing or assisting in firing; who will be pubject 10 the Inspection of Machinery Act, 190 S. Youths employed as firemen are to be paid the following rates:—lß arid under 19 years of ago, 9Jd.-an' hour;. between 19 and 20 years, llid. an hour, thereafter -the minimum; rates prescribed. Elites for youths will be increased by a bonus of ljd. an hour. The nward will operate as from November 1 last:. The following have been cited and added as parties to the Now Zealand < marine cooks and stewards' (coastal shipwng companies) award:'—The Golden Bay Shipping Co. (Nelson)' aiid Iticketts Brothers, (Nelson). . Various amendments have been made to

Uluj Wellington district luncheon loom, jtea room, refreshment room, oyster sailoon, and rostiuirant ivorkor.s' award.

• Female'workers are to work 48 . hours a 'woek, not more than eight hours on tour days'of the .week, not inore than ten hours, on one day of tun week, and iiu't more than six hours on the statutory half-holiday. Workers wlio are enin establishments which are open iov business on Sunday will be entitled, in' addition to a full day's holiday, to a 'half-holiday from the hour of 2 p.m. on one of rdie .working days of the -week. Oyster-openers will reccivc £2 10s. a •week; night porters, i£2 2s. 6d.; day porters, XI 17s. Cd. . The minimum rates of pay are to bo increased by the following bonuses Male workers, Its. a week; female workers, 9~. 6d. a week.