THE BANK-TO-BANK CLAUSE.
Per Press Association. Westport, Monday. At the Westport Coal Company's collieries some friction has been caused by the coming into force of the bank-to-bank clause. The company alleges that the present agreement is in accord with the clause, but miners interpret it differently. Tliev commenced work on Saturday according to their interpretation, which, it is stated, means a difference. of forty minutes daily. The miners declined to consider anything in the nature of a compromise, it is probable that the Arbitration Court will be asked to consider the difficulty. [Tho bank-to-bank clause is, in brief, a provision that the men are to lie paid for tho whole time from their leaving the mouth of the pit till they reach it again; that is, they are to be paid for the (!■-■-» taken to travel to and from tlic actual working place as well as for the time of working 1
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 20 November 1907, Page 2
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152THE BANK-TO-BANK CLAUSE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 20 November 1907, Page 2
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