THE CHEESE INDUSTRY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 74, 4 April 1913, Page 6

THE CHEESE INDUSTRY.

LABOUR DISPUTE SETTLED. [Per Press Association.] Inyercargill, April 3. The Conciliation Commissioner, Mi Triggs, to-day heard a dispute between the Qtago and Southland Cheese Factory Managers’ Union and the employers, and after a lengthy sitting an agreement was arrived at. The principal clauses relating to classification and salaries are as follow :—The classification of cheese factories shall be according to the annual output on the 31st August, as, follows: (a) Firstclass, over 500 tons; (b) second class, 401 to 500 tons; (c) third class, 301 to 400 tons; (d) fourth class, 251 to 300 tons; (e) fifth class, 201 to 250 tons; (f) sixth class, 151 to 200 tons; (g) seventh class, 126 to 150 tons; (h) eighth class, 101 to 125 tons ; (i) ninth class, 76 to 100, tons; (j) tenth class, 51 to 75 tons; (k) eleventh class, 31 to 50 tons ; (1) twelfth class, 30 tons and under. Salaries. —The minimum annual salary to be paid to managers shall be according to the class of his factory as. follows.; First class, £350; second, £335; third, £275,; fourth, £250; fifth, £225; sixth, £200; seventh, £180; eighth, £170; ninth, £160; tenth, £150; eleventh, £3 5s per week ; twelfth, £3. per week. The Court’s preference clause was dopted. The agreement will come into,-force on the Ist of September next,, and continue until the 31st August, 1916. ,