TAILORESSES DISPUTE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 212, 6 September 1911, Page 6

TAILORESSES DISPUTE.

r « ) BEPOKE COXCTLLVTION COUNCIL. The Auckland tailoreaees* dispute, * which was dealt with to-day by a council - of conciliation under tie presidency of t the Commissioner (Mr. T. Harle Gttes), a presented an unusual feature, in tbat it 8 was the first dispute in the Auckland ' district in which women had sat as '•> asses/ors. These "were Mrs. A Mclntyre, » Miss A E. Cossey, and Miss E. Willie, e officers of the TailoTesses' Union, and the t assessors for the employers were Messrs. i- C. Browne, W. Fraser, and NkAolaa. e Mr. E. Phelan, vice-president of tie Tai- * loresses' Union, appeared as its raprer sentative, and Mr. Chas. Groevenor re- * presented the employer*. '- Previous to the commencement of basie ness, the Commissioner remarked that as ' r this was the first ease in Auckland in 9 which ladies had been concerned in an 9 industrial dispute, he welcomed the lady ° assessors to the Council, for he con--4 sidered that where women's interests were concerned, women should sit on 0 the bodies dealing witi the matter. n A draft copy of an agreement purporting to have been entered into by lf .both parties as a result of an unofficial 9 conference, was put in as the union's k statement of chums, but exception was taken to certain clauses and items, which e were said not to be in agreement, both n in form and intention, with those origrne ally agreed to in the conference. Con- * Bideraible highly-animated discussion l> arose on this point between Messrs. s Pheian ind Grosvenor, the latter eventually demanding fcbat the disputed clauses be not even considered, but referred direct to tire Arbitration Court, failing which he threatened to give up his case. It was stated, however, that the employers were prepared to ratHy the entire agreement, with the exception of the disputed clauses. The Commissioner remarked that is view of tbis there should be no great difficulty in settling matters to the satis- , faction of boti parties, more especially ,_ as Che disputed clauses formed a very 4 small part of the union's long list of 3 . claims. | (Proceeding.),