THE SEAMEN'S UNION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 166, 16 July 1890, Page 2

THE SEAMEN'S UNION.

"*REaULT OF THE CONFERENCE.

THE NEW RULES.

[PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

[BY RWWTRIO TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.]

i • Sydney, July lfi. Sf?HB following are the'rule*,agreed to at the recent conference of delejtatep of the Seaman's Union forwarded for approval ■to the steamship owners a week ago, but to which tio reply has yet been received. T,he rulee provide for eight hours' labour in ports, bays, and road•teada, namely, from seven a.m. bill five p.m., v?Uh one hour for meal&j sea .watches oh the days of arrival and departure are to count aa a portion of the day, but cleaning, etc, between five p.m. and seven a.m. is to be charged for as overtime, necessary repairs excepted. Deck work and unnecessary navigation between five p.m. and six a.m. is also to be .charged for as overtime. Tho following is the scale of wages to be paid monthly ;— Seamen, ,*£7 ;. boatswains, £8; lamp--trimmers, £7; lamp-trimmers and seamen, £8; coal trimmers, £7; firemen, £9; dpn- • keymen, £10; greasers, £9. W hen vessels Are trading to other ports than the pott of discbarge to be paid at the terminal port; if engaged by rate, the scale shall be 10a per day until returned, the men to be entitled to their passages to the port of leaving. .'Overtime for all work between five p.m. aud five a.m. shall be paid ior at the rate of Is 6d per hour on ordinary days, : Sundays and holidays being 2s per hour. Half-an-hour is to bo allowed when leaving porb for stowing ropes and derricks, afterwards overtime ie to be allowed. There shall be eight recognised public holidays in the year. Men working on Sundays and holidays are to be paid 12s per day. Uin port on Eight Hours Celebration Day, no work shall be done, and vessels shall nj)t . proceed to sea before six p. m. The shipowners have, had the seamen's rules under consideration, but the discussion, was only preliminary, as no decision . WIU l*& to until the intercolonial •woere have been consulted.