WORK AND WAGES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 143, 14 July 1909, Page 2

WORK AND WAGES.

INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENTS. By Telegtaph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. The following award was made by the Arbitration Court in the rattaa a«iJ •wicker• workout' dispute:—Hours of i •vork shall lit- 44 per week; overtime . shall be paid for at the rate of time and a-quarter for the first three hours ami time and a-liaif afterwards, and double time for work done on Sundays; the minimum wage shall be Is 2d ,pei" l our, and all piece-work and the .bonus system sITaTF'IJc prohibited. The employee shall he a contractor whilst working for an employer; mid all work shall be performed at tile factory of the empjoyer. An industrial agreement in the dispute between the* Operative Stonemasons' Union and Employers' Uaion has been filed as an award, which wili remain in force until July, 1011. The principal conditions of the award twe hours of work 44 per week, minimum wages of journeymen Is fid per hour, overtime, time and a-quarter for the first four hours, and time and grhalf afterwards, and ra holidays, and doobie time after 5 p.m. on Saturday. Underrate permit* are provided for »H the preference clause provides' that *3 employer, if called 011 to do >0 V; the union, shall lismiss any works; who within seven days ,of his ompUtjnneiit does not join the union. Tl>«! fWard prohibits piece-work. .The saddlers' award, which wIU Mine into operation from July llltt until Uocomber 31st, litOl), was practically agreed upon by the parties. The merwrandiiiu to the airanl states' that th,j clauses ' were all agreed on except those relating. 1 to preference and wages. The provi- ! &ions as to preference are those con- : tained in the last award, which were ■ agreed to by the parties. The mini- ' mum wage fixed 'by the previous award, the memorandum continues, was la per . hour and that would be continued. jM * I