SHOP ASSISTANTS
DOMINION DISPUTE CLASSES FOR EXEMPTION (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON. Tuesday The hearing of the Dominion shop assistants’ industrial dispute was begun to-day in the Second Court of Arbitration at Wellington. Mr F. D. Cornwell, advocate for the workers, read to the Court a lengthy statement dealing with matters in dispute between the parties. These included the proposed exemption from the award of travellers, specialty salesmen and collectors substantially employed outside their employers’ premises. of female assistances receiving £3 10s a week or more, and of male assistants receiving £0 a week or more. Other clauses not agreed to In Conciliation Council referred to classification and the proportion of employees, hours of work, annual holiday, overtime and transport allowance." At the conclusion of his address, Mr Cornwell called evidence in support of the 'points raised, and had not completed his case when the Court rose until to-morrow morning.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20495, 11 May 1938, Page 12
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149SHOP ASSISTANTS Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20495, 11 May 1938, Page 12
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