UNDER NINE AWARDS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 86, 28 April 1937, Page 7

UNDER NINE AWARDS

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Mild Sarcasm iti Condliation Court

(By Teteei'Abh

. WELLtNGTOlT, April 27. "tf there is any priae giveh for the fitm getting intd the greatest number . of awards we might withdraw this ob- ^ jectibn, Ua Vrh afb covered by nine awards up to this date," ptated a letter from Afessrs. irvine and Btevenson, Dunedin, to the Gonciliation Couhcil in ; the dispute bStWeen brifeklAyerd and employers. "While it will make no difference to US if we are cited under, say, the dairy manufacturers J or &he4rersi awards," the ietfer contxnlied, Htre wish to lodge l& foMal objection." ^ The objectxbtt was upheld. Thh dihptite is between the Federathd iBricklayers and Federated Builders ' !and Contraeto'rs' Union and is Domin--ion-wide in its ecope. Assessors from jCanterbury are attettding to bring a jseparate dispute there into line with the iDominion diaputo. it W&S agrCSd that the houri be eight •on five days a week, between 7.30 and 5 p.m., with an hour for lunch. 5 . Overtiine was settled at time and aAalf for the first four hours and double thereafter, also double for Sundays and holidays. The council adjournCd till to-morrow afternoon to enable the partiCs to dis;cuss the wages questlon.