CONCILIATION COUNCIL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3490, 19 May 1920, Page 5

CONCILIATION COUNCIL.

TYPOGRAPHICAL FEDERATION CS”

DISPUTE.

WELLINGTON, Mary .18. The Conciliation CO’.l'ls‘.l was occm pied to-day hearing the I\’-aw Zeahmd. Typographical Feder:ll:i3_l’s dis}_:u.*3« The Commissioner remackerl at the’ outset that though the displlte was originally filed as -a Doml-_1io;1 one, it was now being‘ proeezded with as a local dispute.

On behalf of the employees, Mr yphapman said it was hoped that -any ‘settlement arrived at. Wouid become 3; :!et’f=lemen‘t. for the Whole DODl‘l.}[i_gn.‘ ;The parties in Wellington had met om four occasions ‘during the last tlnee iinonths, and -agreement was arrived at in the matter of Wages for hand com~v positoris gnly. The difference of opin-c ion still existing in regard :to terms ofi the award was on the cost of living} bonus. The men had demanded _.-£6 per; jsveek,’ exclusive of the bonus, and hath‘ ‘been’ gmnted £5. They now proposeci to go to the Arbitration Court for the 6,/‘=bonus it had recently -aW'a4rded. : : lmopening “the case for the employ: el's,._Mr Parani said he regretted that‘: an {net of grace on the part of the em‘ployers had been‘ construed by the em< ployees into capitlll'.'lt'ioli_, when such a. thing was never intended. The emf players could not look .~a‘t: the demanif for £5 plus the cost of living bonus of 6/. Every employer in theitrade in "New Zealand had repudiated‘ every-‘ thing above £5, inclusive ‘of the bonufiq The limit_ the employers were prepareci to —c_onee_de was an additional 1/3, bringing‘ the total minimum wage to £5 3/3, ‘the same figures as conceded ‘ta machinists’. '

Delibefafions continued till dayiigllfl without agreement, the hearing being; :25_1'.~;nJz'n0d till the 25th inst.