WATERSIDE WORKERS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 105, 11 January 1912, Page 5

WATERSIDE WORKERS.

ASK FOR SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES. , By Telegraph—Press Association., Wellington, Last Night. Representatives of the waterside workers have, been in conference in Wellington, and have drawn up the following demands for minimum rates of pay, and ' will present them to shipowners :,hra week:— Open ports (Lyttelton. Wellington! Auckland, Timaru): Stevedore and general cargo work arid shed work, 3d increase on ordinary time, and 6d increase for.overtime; manures and sulphur, 6d increase on ordinary time, Is increase overtime; shovelling eggettes, briquettes, and pebbles, ordinary time 2s, overtime I 2s 9d; shovelling coke in bulk and shovelling ballast, fid increase on ordinary time, Is increase overtime; coal work, (New Zealand coal), shovellers, bulk rope men, winchmen, tramwaymen, tippers, stagemen, plankmen and hulkmen, 3d, v increase on ordinary time, (M increase overtime, carriers 2s 3d ordinary time, 3s 3d overtime; foreign coal, shovellers, bulk rope men, winchmen, tramwaymen, tippers, plankmen and stagemen, 2d Increase 'over native coal rates for .trimming New Zealand coal, 3d increase over the present rates for ordinary, and 6d overtime; for trimming foreign coal, 2d increase over native coal rates; for overhauling work on ships, such as scrubbing, chipping, cleaning and painting, outside work, whether at the wharves or the patent slip, 3d increase on ordinary present rates, and (id overtime; foe' handling frozen goods, all men to work '■' at Uniform rates at all ports, 2s'for. or- i dinary time, and 3s overtime, out.ports. 1 ', The men engaged at work on cargo at " other ports shall be paid from the time of leaving until their return, at the rate of 12s per day (including Sundays), with meals, fares and sleeping accommodation provided, a fraction of a day to count as a full day.. Men shall not be engaged to proceed to ports where a waterside workers' union is in existence. At tidal ports (Patea, Nelson, Westport and Duhedin), for handling all live stock, all manner of shovel work, loading and discharging timber, ordinary time shall be 2s, overtime 2s Gd; pinmen qr N tippers 2s and 2s 6d; explosives 2s fid . and 3s; coke (bagged), 2s and 2a 6d; coke (in bulk), 2s 6d and 3s. Men.em- . ployed shifting ships or hulks', rigging, gear, and plankmen, 2s and 2s 6d. Work connected with all other-cargoes'to "be paid for at the rate.of Is (Id and 2s 6d; ballast, 2s and 2s 6dj frozen meat and other produce, 2s and 3s; sulphur, manures, cements and lime, 2s and 3s; cleaning holds, 2s.and 3s; overhauling ships, Is and 2s Gd. .■ .