FRUIT STOREMEN
AGREEMENT REACHED FIVE-DAY WEEK SECURED (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Friday A complete settlement was reached in the Conciliation Council in the dispute concerning storemen and packers In the fruit and produce stores in the Dominion. A 40-hour five-day week was agreed to \yith a maximum of nine hours, but it was also agreed that the workers could be employed for an additional four hours weekly at ordinary rates on any day of the week. Provision was made for shift workers but shift workers engaged between 5 and 2 p.m. are to receive Is extra per shift. No work is to be done before 4 a.m. A wage of £4 10s was agreed on for storemen and packers over 21, with 10s extra for the head storeman in charge of two to five, and £1 more for over five workers. Youths' wages are £1 5s for those under 17 to £3 2s 6d at 20. The wages are retrospective to April 1.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20504, 21 May 1938, Page 11
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163FRUIT STOREMEN Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20504, 21 May 1938, Page 11
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