AN ARBITRATION AWARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 97, 13 April 1908, Page 2

AN ARBITRATION AWARD.

l'ur I're.ss Association. Wellington, Last Aight. An award, liit' outcome of the dispute between ihe Wei liny ton (Jus SLokei'.i ami (.ukciV i. niuu and tliy Wellington ( ' :t ' Wunpany, was 10-ilay tiled vvjlh .Mr. A. Stublis, (lerk of Awards. JL is lu lake eil'ect on !in I,'JLli April, 1 !ll)8, and coulinue in force until J.'Hli April, l!H)!>. II sets out that a lull week's work shall consist ol' seven shifts of eight hour.s per >liifi, A lending stoker shall be paid not less than 10 s I>d pel' shin, and an ordinal')" stoker nol less than Ms !)d pur shift-. Holidays arc to : be recognised m follows:--Xew Year's Day, Anniversary Day, Uood Friday, Kaster .Monday, I'rinee of Wales' J'iirthdav, Labor lJay, llirth of the Sovereign, Christmas Day, Doxing Day, and lMenie Day, if observed as a holiday in tho gasworks. Work done on these days shall be paid lor at the rate of double time. The number of retorts to be

Ir.twu ami charged in such shift .slial not e\i tcd Iwenty tor each stokel Whenever stoker* w ere required to it full work oil Sundays or holidays, th employer shall provide a mail to trill i-oke from the truck tips at least fun hours during the (lay. The employe shall provide accommodation to thi satisfaction of the Inspector of I-'actorie to enable the workers to change theii L-lothes and have their meals apart Iron the other employees. A sullicient supply nf shall: shall be kept in the retort house to meet the requirements ou Sim days, Jiolidays, and nights. The union shall do all ill its power to prevent any strike by any of the workers all'ected liy the award, ami if any strike shall occur in which any members of the union shall take part, such strike shall b ( . prima facie evidence that the union had committed a breach of its duty. The Court reserves to itsell full power, in the event of any such strike as last mentioned uccurring, to suspend, on the application of the employer, the operation of all or any of the provisions of lht> award for such period as the Court liink proper.