ENGINEERS SATISFIED.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 57, 7 March 1913, Page 7

ENGINEERS SATISFIED.

JpWUB SETTUBMEirr WITH ■ union company.

4USTKALIAN CONDITIONS

CONCEDED.

jßy Telegraph--^ o ™ Correspondent.)

WELLINGTON, Thursday. «.. threatened strike of marine en- __» in the Union fleet is not fri. eventuate, the men having now tfSLrrfiallV received all they asked. Sf were well backed by their col- • m in the same organisation, and i 1 *"? , t he shore engineers, Mr C. *L2L •president of the Wellington m T of the Amalgamated Society of having declared to-day that Embers would refuse to repair !v„ rVimDany vessels if a strike evenS°S P that they would give the financial assistance. \esterjK__jfereiu« ended with a very hopej»'. i;L It was understood that the £_~ Ifhuster-s impartial judgment, as KnnMof the conference, would carry with the Union Co., and £__ he indicated his belief in the reaSdto nature of the engineers conten„A regarding payment for overtime, «If delegates realised that an amiable would soon come about. _ RirJafl Mills attended this mornings Jrference in the Prime Minister's room. Xr an hour and a half the proceedings _j_ed, and the parties went elsewhere to pat the agreement into shape. ' A JOINT STATEMENT. _jl those present, including the Prime jgjjster, were approached lor informa«_ojß they declined to make verbal amiottliceinents, an arrangement having L_ made to draft a joint statement. »__, w >s handed to mc during the afternoon by Sir James Mills, in the .-aence of Mr Wallace, general secreLTof tie Marine Engineers' Institute. X reai: "A conference took place this ,____» Winreen the representatives of He Union Steam Ship Company and the __jaate of Marine Engineers. It was left in tie Prime Minister's room, Mr ___56y presiding. "It is understood that the engineer!! s__ some time ago made demands for jajased pay and other privileges, the _jtf_tton icing to bring their pay and mirilegM into line with those enjoyed L j_e engineers in Australia under a went award, of the Arbitration Court dele. "The company had already agreed to joaiede the Australian wages, <but deBnnred at the payment of overtime, promsng in lieu thereof a fixed supplementary noitHy payment. Mr Massey up ___ __• engineeTs' claims in regard to BTertbaej and these were therefore con- ' The engineers will now work undeT J_b Aiistralian award ac regards wages, orettime, snd other privileges, the difference between the conditions in New ______ and Australia being now of a lf_rr___or character. "The conference between the Union Company and the engineeTß has been of a Terr friendly nature, and there is every reason to believe that the amicable relationship which has always existed between the company and its engineers Bill be undisturbed.'' Both gentlemen declined to further discos the settlement. TmiBBMS EXPLAINED. _ T3w adoption of the Australian award entails an advance' of, on an average, about fifteen per cent, on the wages paid: at present in New Zealand ships, the new rates per calendar month being: POUNDS PEE MONTH. Chief. 2nd. 3rd. 4th. MO h.p. and under 22 17 J 15} — Under 1£0h.p..,. 23 17J 151 — Under 200 h.p... 24 10 16 Under 250 h.p.., 26 20 17 14 Under 350 h.p... 28 20 17 14 Under 450 h.p.... 30 21 18 15 BOormore 32 22 18 15 THE OVERTIME SOLUTION. the Australian award which has been adopted in respect to overtime states ttai the tine of d/uty in port or at sea, or partly in port and partly at sea, shall not be more than eight hours in a day. lie hoara of duty in port shall he between 7 uta. and 5 p.m. This clause does not apply'to chief engineers or to vessels torn fwer than three engineers. For all duty (other than shipkeeping or emerga><7 work or stand-by duty, wer.ffie time of duty, or outside m toureof duty) an engineer (other wan&chief engineer) shall be entitled to wertme piyment at *"c rate of 2/6 P« hou. For shifting ship a chief enW*S on duty shall _ c entitled to extra W rate of 5/ per -hour of K^'r ier 1 * on duty shall d 9/ R eXtra P a J™»t ■* the rate oi **y- Th* time of ie ««fconed from the the steam is to be ready