BUILDERS’ AWARD
NO SUBSTANTIAL VARIATION PLEA FOR 40-HOUR WEEK Press Association. WELLINGTON, To-day. The Conciliation Council is hearing an application for a Dominion award on behalf of carpenters and joinery workers, who have asked for a 40-hour week at £6 in place of a 44-hour week at 2s 3|d an hour. The commissioner commented on the fact that few wooden buildings of size were now being erected. In support of the 40-hour claim Mr. T. Bloodworth, Auckland, said that builders themselves agreed that it was hardly worth while bringing men to work for half a day, owing to the distance they often had to go. An agreement was arrived at substantially on the basis of the present award, except as to wages and on two minor points, which it is hoped will be settled to-day.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 297, 7 March 1928, Page 16
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135BUILDERS’ AWARD Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 297, 7 March 1928, Page 16
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