THE COLLIERY STRIKE.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 November 1916, Page 5

THE COLLIERY STRIKE.

• , NINE THOUSAND MEN IDLE Sydney, Kov, 9, Six tlronsana miners in the northeiH fields and three thousand in the Boathsra* are idle. The Lithgow mines aTe still working, conditions prevailing there which thjl other districts are seeking to secure l . A DEADLOCK.' Boceived Nov. 2, 10 p.m. Sydney, Last Night. Tl\_ Coal Conference came to a deadlock on the definition of the term '"bank to bank." The miners' delegates withdrew. , . ' The Rocvetary of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Union (Mr. A, C Wills) stated to the Sydney Daily Telegraph that it was a custom of some years' standing at certain collieries for employees to leave work from 10 to 20 minutes under the nine hours to enable them to catch the train home. The following resolutions had been carried by the union: "That unless the owners agree to meet the federation's representatives in conference before the 28th hist. for the purpose of discussing and settling the federation's claims for an eigbt-honr bank-to-bank working day, and increased payment for overtime for Sundays and holidays, as set out in the federation'* log recently submitted to the Federal Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, the council of the federations re* commends that on and after October 30th, the whole of the members of the federation only work the hours and observe the conditions and rates of pay as set out in the log as follow: (1) That eight hours bank-to-bank—including one halfhour for meals—shall constitute a full working shift on Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and that six hours, inclusive of one half-hour for meals, shall constitute a full working shift on Saturday and Sunday and on holidays; (2) that overtime at the rate of time and a-half shall be paid to all employees working in excess of those hours on any -shift, Monday to Saturday inclusive; (.')) all work other than overtime performed on Sundaye asi holiways shall bo paid for at double rates; (1) overtime on Sundays and holidays shall be paid for at double the ordinary rates." The term "bank-to-hank," the" secretary explained, means from the time the first employee working in a shift leaves the surface, to.'the time the last employee in the shift If* to the surface.