COACHWORKERS’ DISPUTE.
(Per Press Association.) Wellington, last night. The recommendations of the Concilia' ion Board in connection with the coach
workers’ dispute were filed this afternoon. The Board recommends that the number of hours be reduced from PS to 46 per week ; that the minimum rate of wage for competent men be £6 per week, with Is ibid per hour for broken time, broken to mean less than 36 hours in any one week; that piece work be abolished except in the case of trimming, when the minimum wage must be paid; that preference be granted to unionists conditional on the j union accepting competent tradesmen without ballot or other election on payment of an entrance fee of 2s 6d and a
weekly sub. not exceeding Gd; that the award come into force on Ist July, and remain in force for three years. The rate of wage under the existing award, which only covers Wellington and suburbs, is Is 3d per hour, but it is proposed that the new award should also include all the districts as far north as Napier and Wanganui.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1763, 1 June 1906, Page 2
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183COACHWORKERS’ DISPUTE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1763, 1 June 1906, Page 2
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