CARPENTERS AND JOINES

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1426, 10 April 1905, Page 2

CARPENTERS AND JOINES

ARBITRATION AWARD. !

A remarkable statement havingreeeily been made that the carpenters and joiers '*. intended to ask for a five days’ wee!, a ■- Times representative waited on MrO. i :

CattoD,. secretary of the Amalgamated fi Society of Carpentors and Joiners, aodpb* tained the following information as tojro- •*,' posed alteration to clauses of the aracd 5? given by the Arbitration Court:— .. j ; Clause 1. The recognised hours of w>rkß|| of journeymen carpenters and joiners not exceed 48 hours’ work a week, tnd . shall be between the hoars of 7 a.m. m 3 5 p.m., on Mondays to Fridaya (both a»ya inelusive), and 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. Except during the winter morths Vr of May, June and July, whoa 45 hiurs ,■ shall constitute a week’s work. Any tme worked over and above the aforesaid hcura to be paid for at overtime rates. Clause 2. A minimum rate of J ad- ! dition : Any workman having charge if a • * job of the value of £250 or over to be laid Is per day over and above the aforeiaid

mioimum rate of pay. Clause 3. Workmen at present holding A-. permits to work under existing conditions in present clause, but in future no. man to be given, a permit unless worked ' five years at the trade. \ Clause 4. Substitute the w 8 let" for „• " sub-let.” The sentence yj, “No employer shall sub-let his vpfeijlbor only. V Clause 9. The addition re turning from ” (providiog payment for time •-* occupied in returning from distant work), Clause 14. Addition “ and within fifteen--minutes after ceasing work on Saturday.” A. Apprentices to be limited to one in three, or fraction of-three men.” ; ' - Clause 16. Alteration “ Five shillings per week first year, twelve shillings second year, eighteen shillings third year, twentythree shillings fourth year,, and twentv eight shillings the fifth year.” Additic’ “Employers when taking apprentice' work on country work shall also prothem with suitable board and lodging their fare to and from such'work.”

Clause 21. (Re entering --in bor names and addresses of metl' allc work for less than the minimum To bo erased. *v.;

Clause 28 (Limitation of award), i ' sion of radius from 10 to 60 miles. \