WORK AND WAGES

Southland Times, Issue 18844, 9 June 1920, Page 5

WORK AND WAGES

SOUTH WALES MINERS. LOCAL STRIKES. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association). (Reuter’s Telegrams. I LONDON, June 7. Fifteen thousand miners in Rhynncy Valley have struck in sympathy with 3001) in the Bargoed colliery, who struck as a protest against the practice of knocking out timber on conveyor faces in the day time instead of at night lime. THE LURE CF THE DOCKS. INFLUX OF UNSKILLED LABOUR. LONDON, June 7. A contributor to the Labour press slates that as a sequel to the dockers' award an army of youthful unskilled men, lured by high pay, are quilling the land, workshops and factories for the docks, throwing thousands of experienced, elderly dockers out of work. The latter bitterly complain that the fruits of hard-fought battles for inuie union solidarity and better conditions are

being filched by youthful invaders. SYDNEY STOVEMAKERS’ DISPUTE. RESUMPTION OF WORK. SYDNEY, Juno S. The stovcmouldcrs at Matters, Ltd,, are returning to work pending the result of a round-table conference between the employers ami employee.!. AFFAIRS IN MEW ZEALAND. PRINTING TRADE DISPUTE. A PARTIAL SETTLEMENT. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON. June 8. The conference between representatives of the employers and employees in ths various branches of the printing trade concluded to-day, and re.-uhed in a complete settlement except on three points, viz., payment for piecework, holidays, and retrospective payments of I lie increases. Tomorrow morning the leaders for the employers (Mr Fred Pirani) and the employees (Mr C. H. Chapman ' will meet the Conciliation Commissioner to finally approve the partial settlement arrived at in regard to linotype and oilier machine operators, compositor.--, and letterpress, lithographic, and rotary machinists and stereotypers. The agreement arrived at comprises all the industrial districts of the Dominion except Canterbury, We.-tland, and Poverty Bay. FEDERATION OF LABOUR. RESULTS FOR CONFERENCE (Special to the Times.) CHRISTCHURCH. June 8. The annual conference of the United Federation of Labour will be hold in Wellington on July (i. Among the remits to be discussed is that from the national executive, "That the Federation take such action as will prevent workers in Great Britain ami other countries coining to this country under false pretences, and (hereby being exploited to that extent,” The Christchurch Bootmakers’ Union has forwarded a remit that Clause )S of the Factories’ Art be amended to provide that .not more than forty hours shall be worked, excluding meal limes, in any one week, and to protide for a Saturday whole holiday.