WORK AND WAGES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 122, 22 June 1909, Page 3

WORK AND WAGES

; . TAILOBDJG DISPUTE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Monday. • In the dispute in the tailoring trade before the Conciliation Court this morning the workmen asked for a new provision stating definitely the holidays for weekly hands and that th e minimum wage of fa. 10s be raised. The employers? representative said the primary Batter for eonsideration was the desire Ci 4he employers that the log be done away>witS and an hourly system substituted. The employees would not Rgree, and the dispute was sent to the arbitration Court.

11 THE BOOT TRADE. ) ' Wellington, Monday. ' 't' 1 - • award in connection with the ?■•:• ted boot trade dispute, filed at i L'kristchurch, provides that the clauses ' < dealing with preference employment, 1 department of machinery and control I of factory are the same as in the existing award, except that instead or a ' committee being set up to deal with the applications to work at home, this matter is Veft to the inspector of factories. The court made only two ' J.r'des of workers, and included lining cutters in the second grade. The mini- '. mum wage for the .first grade has been fixed at Is o%d an hour, and for second at Is an hour. The principal ground On which the union based its claim for an increase of wages was that there had been an increase since 1905 in the duty on imported boots. The parties were not agreed as to «tfce amount of increased duty. The increase granted by the present award 'is baaed principally on the offer made ty the «Hployers. The hours of labour ■were fixed at 47 as against 45 asked for by tbe witon. Tire court says it i« incomprehensible workers who are paty by the hour &nd who complain 'Hjey are not yarning (enough should .desire £<) have their hours a's-luccd with «he certainty tliat in ordinary •stances (their earnings also will 1* .reduced. T3V o° uri thinks the hours, ' Should have iwen restored to 48, iff. fed originally, *\? *s to enable Hi friers to i ncrea! c %>'"■ earnings. J