CONCILIATION COUNCIL
PRESERVED FOODS EMPLOYEES A sitting of the Conciliation Council was held vesterday in the industrial dispute of the Otago and Southland preserved foods, jam and starch factory employees. The commissioner (Mr S. Ritchie)'presided. The assessors for the employees were Messrs T. A. Brown. W. C. McDonnell. W, Geary, and Miss Macdonell, and for the employers Messrs W. B. Taverner, W. Stevenson, E. F. Lord and A. S. Cookson. • ' ~, . The claims asked for substantial increases for junior workers, the present rates for whom range from £1 to £3 4s while the claims ranged from 22s 6d to £3 15s. For females the present rates range from 17s 6d to £2 7s 6d, while the claims provided for rates from £1 to £2 17s 6d. The balance of the claims practically covered the present conditions. ; Agreement was reached on all points except that relating to wages, which was referred to the Arbitration Court.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24412, 25 September 1940, Page 6
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153CONCILIATION COUNCIL Otago Daily Times, Issue 24412, 25 September 1940, Page 6
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