CONCILIATION COUNCIL.
AGREEMENT IN TAILORS' DISPUTE. An agreement lias been reached in the tailors' and tailorepes' dispute which was opened before the Conciliation Council 011 Monday, under the presidency of Mr. W. Newton, Commissioner for the Wellington district. At the close of - the hearing the assessors on both sides expressed their appreciation of the way in which the Commissioner had conducted the negotiations, and Mr. Newton suitably acknowledged the compliment. CARPENTERS' AND JOINERS' DISPUTE. Yesterday the Council sat to consider the dispute of the Taranaki Carpenters' and Joiners' Union. Mr. Newton presided, and the assessors were: For the employers, Messrs F. M. Grayling. F. Whittaker, and \V. Symcs; for the union, Messrs. T. Bloodworth, R. .T. Clarke, J. Walker. Before commencing tihe proceedings the commissioner expressed the hope that, both parties had come to the council in a sincere desire to settle the dispute. The claims submitted by the men were for increased wages, a five-day week, wages to he paid on a weekly basis, without deduction for time lost except through the workers' own fault or through Mckn^s. The employers filed the existing award as counter proposals. After discuss',on it was agreed by both parlies to accept the rate of wages to be fixed by the Arbitration Court at Auckland, nnd also Ihc hours of work fi.ved by 1 lie court ill the Auckland district provided the 4!)-hot:r week was not conceded. Mr. Bloodworth said lie did not think
the 40-hour week would be conceded, as conditions in tlie building trade Were very much altered to-day from what they were 12 moiillis ago, when the ciaims were drawn up. At that time many men were out of work and their object was to endeavour to see that it was distributed. Having arrived at this understanding tlie council proceeded to discuss the general conditions.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 April 1920, Page 6
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304CONCILIATION COUNCIL. Taranaki Daily News, 21 April 1920, Page 6
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