CLERICAL WORKERS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 19, 2 November 1938, Page 6

CLERICAL WORKERS.

COUNTY COUNCIL EMPLOYEES. QUESTION'S OF SALARIES RAISED (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Strong exception was taken by Mr W. Marshall (chairman of the Ohinemuri County Council) in Conciliation Council proceedings, to the contention by the employees’ assessor that the salaries of county clerical workers should be on t'lije same basis as those in the Civil Service as far as £305, class seven.

When the employees’ assessor suggested that the council might as well abandon proceedings and go to the Court, Mr Marshall interjected that it was a travesty of conciliation that assessors from the city should hold up a county council employees’ dispute. He was referring to the fact that five of six* employees’ assessors were from Wellington and, Auckland. If the dispute was sent to the Court in, that manner he was going to ask the counties’ representative to explain the reason and further, through the Counties’ Association, ask the Government for an amendment to the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act to make it compulsory that employees’ assessors be chosen from the w’orkers affected.

It was pointed out that there was no County Council Officers’ Union and they wejre included in the Local Body Officers’ Union. ®

Tlie employers offered to amend the salary scale, rising to £2BO in the eighth, year, then .to £290, £3OO and £312 for tlie eleventh year. Exemption from the hours of work clause 'was asked for employees receiving in excess of £6 a. w{eek. Provision is to he made for payment of bonuses for successes.