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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 465, 5 August 1909, Page 4

IHanawatu Flaxmills Employees Industrial Union of Workers. CLAIMS:

PIANO TUNING. M R TUGS. P. HENDERSON, Palmerston N. PIANO AND ORGAN TUNER AND REPAIRER, iiy/z years Home experience.) Visits Foxton and District at regular Intervals, May, September and January. Orders left at this office will be carefully attented to. Postal Address: “Aorangx,” Feildiug. aorangi NURSERIES For Fruit and Shelter Trees, Flowering Shrubs, Hedge Plants, etc., Send to A. R. MAYO, ALL STOCK GUARANTEED TRUE TO DESCRIPTION. Catalogues on Application.

Hours of Labour. • r Fvrcnt where otherwise expressly prescribed, the week’s work shall not exceed forty-eight hours, exclusive nf ,hp time necessarily occupied bvanv worker coming under the provisions of this award in getting up steam lot the machinery in the mill or work in which he shall be employed and exclusive in the case ot a driver of the tune reqU K-li'emSwer' to the Factories Act, 1901, be entitled to arrange such hours of work according to the exigencies of his particular business, and such hours may be worked in shifts, either by day or night. The provisions of this clause shall not apply to the work of cooks or their assistants. Overtime. 7 Anv time worked in any one week in extension of the hours prescribed in clause I hereof shall be paid tor life for the first throe- tars, and time and a-half for all farther time ttnttl the usual houl When oTOSlTndcretl necessary by reason of breakdown of the machinery causing the stoppage of work, or other special emergency involving damage to properly, only ordinary rales shall be paid. Holidays. t The following shall be the recognised holidays: New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labour Day, Hip Im-tlid-iv of Hie reigning Sovereign, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day. Work done on Christmas Day, Good Friday 0/ Sunday, shall be paid for at the rate of double time, and work done on any of the other holidays shall be nVid foV 'll the rate of time and a-half. Provided that with respect to paddockers and fibre carters the rates shall be for the first four hours time and a-quarter, and thereafter tune and a-half. Drivers shall not he entitled to he paid lor attendance to horses on Sundays or holidays. Wages and Rates of Pay. a The following shall be the minimum rates of pay for the several classes of work h- ■ f,i) Feeders is id per hour ; bench loaders and catchers, Is id per hour; washeis (finding then own hoots and aprons), is 3d per hour ; head paddockers. £2l4s per week; assistant paddockers, sorters, shakers and rouseahouts, is 1 u g!> f driv i n g fibre cart £2 14s per week, other drivers £2 10s per weefo No deduction shall he made from this weekly wage for bad weather or for holidays or for other cause than for time lost through the workers default and this wage shall include attendance to horses on Sundays, week days and holidays, ciciaim, mic shall act as stripper-keeper, shall receive not less than £1 10s per week m addition to the wages paid to him in his principal capacity, whether as feeder, engine-driver or manager. No overtime to be paid f ° r Tv The 8 mfSmraTes shall be :-From the Ist of April to the 30th of September (inclusive), 30s per ton; from Ist of October to the 31st of March (inclusive), 25s per ton. When carting is done 5s pei ton shall mLhmimTate 0/ shall he 28s per ton. Scales shall be provided by the employer. (f) The rate for cutting flax shall be settled as heretofore by agreement between the employer and the workei, hut no flax to be cut under 5s per ton. All flax to be weighed at the tram head. . _ (<r) The wages of cooks and their assistants shall be settled by agreement between the employei and the woikei. '(%) Labour not otherwise herein specified shall be paid for at the rate of is per hour. (i) Swamp hands shall receive not less than 10s per day. Employment of Youths. c Emolovers may employ vouths in or about the work of flaxmilling at not less than the following rates 16 to 17 years, 15s per week; 17 to 18 years, 20s per week; 18 to 19 years,2ss per week ;igto 20 years, 30s per week ; 20 to 21, 35s per week. . Payment of Wages. 6 Wages shall be paid weekly or fortnightly as may be agreed, or when a worker shall have been discharged or shall have voluntarily left his employment. Wages shall be paid in cash if so required by the worker, and may, at option of the employer, be paid either at the mill or at the nearest town wherein a bank is situated. Board for Workers. 7. Where food is provided it shall be sufficient in quantity and of good quality, and where the employer deducts board money from the employees wages not more than 14s shall be deducted. Provisions as to Smoking. 8. (a) Workers shall not smoke cigars or cigarettes in the swamp and shall not smoke at all when handling or n proximity g ha]l c j es j rec ] ; a ]j ow his workers an interval ot at least ten minutes in the forenoon and ten ninutes in the afternoon for smoking, but workers shall not be paid for time thus allowed. The employer shall rave the right to fix the places for smoking, and when fixed, workers shall not smoke m any other places and they diall use pipe caps if supplied by the employer. Under-rate Workmen. 9. fo) Anv worker who considers himself incapable of earning the minimum wage may be paid such lower V ;iifc as may from time to time be fixed, on the application of the worker, alter notice to the Union, by the Stipendiary Magistrate of the district in which such worker resides, or such other person as the Court may from time 0 time appoint for that purpose, and such Magistrate or person in so fixing such wage, shall have regajd to the vorker’s capability his past earnings and such other circumstances as such Magistrate or person may think fit to :onsider after hearing such evidence and argument as the Union and the worker shall offei, and upon gianting nidi permit, the Magistrate or such other person shall forward notice thereof to the Inspectoi ot ractoxies, (W Whenever occasion arises for so fixing a worker’s wage, it shall be fixed tot such period, not exceeding six nonths as such Magistrate or other person shall determine, and after the expiration ot the said penod until toufeen days’ notice shall have been given to such worker by the Secretary of the Union requiring him to have his vage again fixed in manner aforesaid. Provided that in case of any person whose wage is so fixed by reason of old nr e or permanent disability, it may be fixed for such longer period as such Magistrate or person shall think fit. & (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, it shall be competent for a worker to agree with the President or Secietary if the Union upon such wage without having the same so fixed. (d) It shall be the duty of the Union to give notice to the Inspector of Factories of every agreement made ,vith a worker pursuant thereto. .. , , , , . (e) It shall be the duty of the employer before employing any worker, at such lower wage, to examine the lermit or agreement by which such wage is fixed. Preference. 10. If and so long as the rules of the Union shall permit any person who is of good character and sober habits tow employed in the trade in this industrial district, or who is now residing or may hereafter reside m this mdusrial district, to become a member of the Union upon payment of an entrance fee not exceeding 55., and ot subseiiient contributions not exceeding fid (whether payable weekly or otherwise) per week, upon a written application ot he person so desiring to join, without ballot or other election, to become and remain a member thereof. . Each employer when engaging an employee shall ascertain it such vyorker is a member of the rlaxmills Union, md if not, his engagement shall be subject to his becoming a member within two weeks of being engaged. All employees at present working for any employer and who are not members of the Idaxmills Union shall lecome-members within two weeks from the time ot this award coming into operation._ , The Secretary of the Fiaxmills’ Union to notify employers when any man has not joined the Union or becomes 1 shall place any obstacle in the way of any representative of the Fiaxmills’ Union, in the collection if monies due, provided such collection is not made during working-hours. General. IL Except as regards flaxcutting, firewood cutting, tramming, tram laying, paddocking and scutching, no piece vork shall be allowed, but employers may have all or any part ot their work done by contract, and employers shall stipulate that contractors who employ any workers shall observe the provisions of this Award so far as the same shall be applicable to such workers. But no worker shall contract himself outside the benefits ot the Awaid. 12 When trams have been laid it shall not he obligatory on cutters to place their flax on the trams. Should lax lie cut in the swamp longer than three days, an average per bundle of cutters previous weights shall be taken, md payment shall be made accordingly. This provision shall apply if it be found impossible to get the flax out ot 13. Cutters shall not be required to carry flax a distance exceeding a chain and a half without reasonable extia ia> noJ . pi . ov ; decl with i UUK i s they shall be paid 2s fid per ton extra for them. Stripper keepers shall be permitted to repair the scutching apparatus whenever repairs are required. 15. Scutchers shall not be required to keep the “ tow hole ” clear of tow. 16 If workers have attended at the mill when it is not intended to work the mill they shall be entitled to •eceive two hours pay unless the stoppage of the mill shall he due to causes beyond the control of the employer or mless such workers shall before attending at the mill have received notice that work will not commence. 17 Nothing in this award shall apply to the members of an employer’s family if working in or about his null.

LET HIM FISH! Trout-fishing, with rod and line, is a refined sport which offers the maximum physical and intellectual enjoyment at little or no risk of personal injury, Let your boy fish. It will develop qualities in him which will be helpful throughout the whole of his life. Fishing cultivates habits of carefulness, patience, and intelligent application ; it also promotes a healthy love for Nature. Give your boy a fishing outfit this Christmas. We can supply you with good, honest, reliable outfits. No. i comprises xoft Split Bamboo Cane Fly Rod, check reel, silk line, fly book, 3 assorted casts, 2 doz. assorted flies, 1 doz. books to gut. Price 20s, Postage is 6d. No. 2—A good 10ft Hickory Fly and General Rod, with laucewood top and snake rings, check reel, silk line, fly book, folding landing net, 3 assorted casts, 2 doz. assorted flies, 1 doz. hooks to gut. Price 255. Postage 2s. No. 3 comprises a best quality Greenheart Fly and General Rod, xoft or fc. very closely bound, with revolving plate reel, 30 yards silk line, fly book, % doz. casts, landing net, 1 doz. assorted flies, 1 doz. hooks to gut. Price 70s. We keep no dead stock. Our casts, traces, flies, etc., are absolutely new and dependable. We want country business, and dare not sacrifice our good name by sending out inferior material. E. REYNOLDS & CO.. LTD., 50-52 Victoria' Street, Wellington.

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