GENERAL LABOURERS
DISPUTE TO GO TO COWRT
Only^partial agreement was reached ilbetween the employers of general SabQurers sand the unions^ in ith'e jdispute. :heard before the Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. S. Ritchie) at Wellington over ,the* terms of a ?ae.w .Dominioja award which the unions are seeking. The conciliation proceedings ended late yesterday afternoon after it had been decided to :refer .the case to the Arbitration Court.
The parties agreed that the /hours oiSj work, should be 40 ;a wfee*k. to be worked aignt ihours -a. ..dajy ;ctei;w.een 7.3Q a.m. and 5 -p.m. (on Moixctay to .^Fridayj. inclusive. /A-greement was .ralso a^eache fi i ion the provisipns :Sor overtime, pa^■ment of meal :money, payment ;6f especial rates for work .under specif! Ed jhot ;and cold conditions, provision of accommodation wheEe necessary, trrjjiy--elling <and ithe conditions : to '•apply to fcertain :spe.ci&ed classes , .of \wbrk. In addition to the -settlement \of wages and ihdlidays the Court is also '! to be asked (to ifiac conditions jrelating , to j suburban work, jc.ountry w.oEk, •worl';4n! wet places,' permission for a imorrxuig cup of tea, :and other matters, .'incjliudang the terms of the award.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 138, 8 December 1938, Page 22
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187GENERAL LABOURERS Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 138, 8 December 1938, Page 22
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