A.W.U. AND CONTRACTS.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 33, 20 October 1911, Page 6

A.W.U. AND CONTRACTS.

1 Th© A.W.XJ. have no\y in progress \xvo baJJofcs upon sliearing questions, the principal vote will be taken in con- . taction with contract shearing, memW's being called upon: decide whether Wbey arc ii\ favoirr of the abolition or fetention of that system. The second froto is in connection with the hours »f shearing worked in the sheds. Uns.ev present conditions, -' owing to so many, breaks for meals and sntokeis impossible during the winto get in 48 .hours during the l.wqek. Shearers and rouseabontK iar« !ixippqsetl_to.jvfirk...B.-.hov,fs 40 min■uteSjon five days of the week, while on Saturday wc.rk ceo-ses at noon. In the Winter' , months they sometimes Avork 'only- -7 hours 10 minutes- in the day. To obffo'to this it is proposed that there four runs of two hours each on!ij.\ie days and two runs of the same. "tinfi,e ■jvn Saturday. This will enable the 48{hours to be worked. A ballot is now be«ig>t-akeJi.to decide whether th-e men arc , , agreeabl-e to this change. These ballots will not sloso until Dc-twnber 15. - .