CARPENTERS’ DISPUTE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16484, 25 February 1914, Page 6

CARPENTERS’ DISPUTE.

CONCILIATION COUNCIL’S RECOMMENDATIONS. 4 The recommendations of the Conciliation Council in the dispute between the Christchurch and Sydenham branches of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners and employers provides that from August 1 to April 30 the hours of work shall be from 8 a.m. till 5 p.m., with one hour for dinner, and on Saturday from 8 a.m. till noon. For the rest of the year the'hours shall be from-8 a.m. to 4.30 p.m., with half an hour for dinner. Tlie dinner term may be reduced for any. term not less than hair an hour.by arrangement, on work outside the one mile and a half radius. The minimum wage for journeymen shall be Is 6d per hour. Where there are four or more workers engaged, the man who has charge of the plans and gives instructions to others snail receive not less than Is a day in addiDouble time shall be paid for work oh Sunday, New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labour Day, Show Day, Christmas Day or Boxing Da y- . Piecework is prohibited. Suburban work is defined as work, distinct from country work, which is ’fjiirther than a mile and a half by the nearest road used by foot passengers from the Central Post Office of the town in which the employer’s place of business is situated. "Workers shall be on the job at the commencing hour, but if it-is outside the one mile and a half radius tlie employer shall provide a conveyance, or provide tram or train fares. The worker shall be paid for all time occupied in travelling before 7.30 a.m. or after 5 p.m. from May Lto July 31 and before. 7.80 a.m. and after 5.30 p.m. from August 1 to April 30. If a worker uses a bicycle he is to be paid Id a mile or portion of a mile, or ordinary tram fares. A worker living within a mile and a half- of work outside the radius is not entitled to any allowance. Country work is work which makes it necessary for the employee to sleep away from home. His travelling expenses shall be paid, and the time occupied in travelling shall bo. paid for at ordinary rates. In addition 2s a ; day shall be paid to all workers, and they shall be provided with sleeping accommodation and cooking utensils. When a worker has been regularly employed in a workshop or the erection of a building, or on repair or alteration work 1 for one week or- more he shall be entitled to receive two hours’ notice, in order to sharpen his tools, or be paid two hours’ extra time. Apprentices shall be paid as follows : l_First year 10s, second year 15s, third year £l, fourth year £1 ss, fifth year £1 15s. An apprentice who gains .’a technical college certificate for a two years’ course shall be paid not lobs than 2s per week extra during his last two years. The proportion of apprentices shall not exceed one to every three journeymen or fraction of the first three. An apprentice’s first employer shall have the right to put him on probation for three months, to determine his fitness, such period to count in his full term of five years. An employer wishing to dispense with the services of an apprentice must give him a certificate for the time served, and find him another employer within reasonable distance. Prevision is made for under-rate workers, and there is also a preference clause. '