WORK AND WAGES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 179, 27 January 1912, Page 5

WORK AND WAGES.

SEAMEN AND SHIPPING COMPANIES. THE NEW AGREEMENT. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Friday. The agreement arrived at on Wednesday between the Federated Seamen's Union and the shipowners provides, amongst other things, that overtime for boating cargo in roadsteads be paid at the rate of Is fid per hour, working cargo Is 6d, chipping and scaling the inside of boilers Is 6d. It shall be optional for any member of a crew to work overtime .between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m. at the following ports (provided onefourth of the crew remains on board): Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, or his home port. Each man when joining his ship is to declare his home port. When a vessel leaves any of the main ports on Sunday or a holiday each member of the crew will be paid an extra day's sea pay. For excursions on holiday's each of the crew will be paid Is per hour for the time the ship is so employed, with a minimum payment of 4s on short trips, and where only two firemen, greasers, or trimmers are carried a watch will be six hours on and six off. The crows of all vesels will be entitled to the following holidays in port: New Year's Day, Good Friday, the Sovereign's Birthday, Labor Day, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day. _ The new seamen's agreement comes into force on March 1, and will remain m force until February 28, 1914, and thereafter will continue in force until a new agreement is entered into. The 1 agreement does not affect the s.g. Aparimn. j