CONCILIATION COUNCIL
FELT HAT INDUSTRY
A complete settlement was reached at a sitting of the Conciliation Council yesterday morning in connection with the Wellington and Dunedin felt hat employees' industrial dispute. The Conciliation Commissioner (Mr b. Ritchie) presided, and the employees assessors were Messrs O. Hughes. E. H. McFarlane, and W. C. McDonnell. For the employers, the assessors were Messrs J. Wilson, J. Haig, and J. Nicol. The* settlement made provision for an annual holiday of one week for all male employees in the industry, bringing them into line with the existing practice of granting a week's holiday for females. The rate of wages agreed upon for females ranges from 17s a week to £2 12s 6d, this embodying a rise during the third and, fourth year of employment, amounting to 2s ba in the last period. The wage for journeymen is 2s 9d per hour. All employees will receive in addition tlie benefit of the 5 per cent, cost of living bonus granted recently by the Court at Arbitration. ■■ The settlement is to be for one year from October 1.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24414, 27 September 1940, Page 3
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181CONCILIATION COUNCIL Otago Daily Times, Issue 24414, 27 September 1940, Page 3
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