BOAT BUILDERS' PAY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 147, 21 June 1917, Page 7

BOAT BUILDERS' PAY.

APPLICATION KOR INCREASE. Mr. T. Ilarle Giles. Conciliation Commissioner, presided, this morning at a sitting of the Conciliation Council to deal with n dispute tiled by the Auckland Distriit Ship Yacht, and Hoa I Builders' Industrial Colon of Workers. Sixty-se-ven firms were cired.

The union claims were for a 44-hour week, with minimum wage for Journeymen l.oatliuilders and shipwrights of 2/ per hour. The old award was for n 44-hours week, with wages for Journeymen shipwrights 1/fl per hour, and lioathullders 1 4J per hour. Fnder the new claim a boat was defined as any vessel under 15 tons built tinder cover. If not l.ullt under cover it is io he classed and paid for as ship work. Overtime was asked at the rate of time and it-half, up to HI p.m. ; after that double lime to l.c paid. Every Journeyman engaged in country work is to be supp:ied with suitable board and lodgings not to exceed 25/ per week. It is also stipulated Hint no piecework shall be allowed. The pay for apprentices to l.c: First year 12/0 per week, second 17/8. third 22/0, fourth 27 ft. and fifth -14. One apprentice is allowed to every three journeymen. One clause ivuds: "lOmployers shall not. under any circumstances l»ornow men from each orher. where there are unemployed shipwrights willing and able to do the work." Dirty work Is to be paid 1/ per hour extra, and workers among frozen cargo or cold storage where the tempera lure Is 40 deg. or less shall be paid 2/3 per hour for ordinary time and over time. All work done Inn vessels where benzine is carried or stored shnll be paid for at the rare of 2/3 per hour. I The assessors for the union were Messrs. ,W. I'agen. J. .Melville, and C. Carter, witb I Nlr. J F. Catley as advocate. The assessors for (he employers were Messrs. NY. 11. Brown. NY. IL Lowe, and George Nic-01, with Mr. S. I-:. Wright for advocate. j The employers' counter-proposal stated they do not accede to the demands of the {union, and tile as their counter-proposals the terms and conditions of the existing award, dated 17th June. ]!115. ; The Council went into committee.