STABLE HANDS

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20512, 31 May 1938, Page 10

STABLE HANDS

CLAIMB PRESENTED REGARDED AS REASONABLE (By Telegraph. —rress Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday Better wages, living conditions and hours of work are the main points dealt with in the proposed agreement which the Canterbury Stablehands’ Union has forwarded to the Canterbury Owners, Breeders and Trainers’ Association for consideration. This is the first proposal of its kind in New Zealand. The Owners’ Association will consider the demands at a meeting to-morrow night. Wages have been framed as follows: Head lad, £2 10s a week; adult workers (21 years and over), £1 10s; under 21, £1 ss; apprentices, 10s for the first six months of probation, 15s for the next 18 months and thereafter £1 a week till they have served their apprenticeship term; adult stroppers in trotting stables, £2 a week, as they lo*>k after more horses as a general rule than stroppers in racing stables; casual workers, 10s a day with a minimum of three days when attending " race meetings; otherwise ordinary rates. There Is no set rate at present, but In Canterbury stables anything from 10s to £1 5s a week is paid. One day off In every week with a maximum of 58 hours* working time and the employing of one apprentice to every two stable bands are other features. Earlier It was anticipated that the demands would be far in excess of those made, but a lead to the actual position was given some time ago when It was announced that they would b% geaaonabU