YEARLY WAGE RATES FIXED

Southland Times, Issue 24231, 14 September 1940, Page 4

YEARLY WAGE RATES FIXED

FACTORY MANAGERS IN SOUTHLAND

(Special to The Times) DUNEDIN, September 13,

The minimum yearly rates of wages under the Otago and Southland Butter Factotry Managers’ Award, which has been issued by the Court of Arbitration, have been fixed as follows: Under 100 tons: £275. 100 to 600 tons: 6/- for every additional ton. 601 to 1000 tons: 4/-. 1001 to 2000 tons: 2/-.

2001 to 3000 tons: 6d. All rates of remuneration, including time and piece wages and overtime and other special payments, shall be subject to the provisions of the general order granting a 5 per cent, increase. The only question left for the Court to decide was that of wages. The other clauses in the award were settled in Conciliation Council or agreed to at the Court hearing. Disagreement with the decision of the majority of the Court in regard to the scale of wages was expressed by Mr A. L. Montieth, the employees’ representative. “These wages are less than in Westland, Nelson and Marlborough and here cover only eight factories,” he said. “In Qtago, Southland and Canterbury these factories, with one exception, have to rework and pat 75,5341 b purchased outside the factory, and to pay on the scale of output, where such work is not taken into consideration, is to grade a man for the purposes of payment below what the increased work merits.”