BONUS FOR WORKERS.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 December 1919, Page 5

BONUS FOR WORKERS.

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, Last Night. Recently the Arbitration Court was supplied with figures from the Government Statistician which went to show that owing to the increased cost of clothing and fuel, light workers were entitled to receive another penny an hour by way of a compensating bonus. As there is no machinery by which the Court can make orders" amending awards throughout New Zealand, it directed the unions in all proper cases to apply individually for this bonus, to which they are entitled. At the close of the sitting of the Arbitration Court to-day, Mr. L. F. Evans (Union secretary) asked if it would be necessary, in making these applications, to comply strictly with the regulations by taking a ballot of members. His Honor Mr. Justice Stringer said the Court did not want to put unions to any needless expense and he did not consider that it was necessary to take a ballot. So long as the application was confined to the bonus in question a resolution passed by the union would be sufficient authority and would be accepted by the Court. The Court has decided to bring the bonus into force on January Ist. Any union making application after that date will be entitled to receive retro-