SEAMEN'S AWARD.
AX APPEAL-UPHELD. . Judgment., on appeal, resulting in the reversal of a magisterial decision, has been filed. The case was that in whieß the Federated Seamen's Union failed to Successfully prove a breach of industrial agreement on the part of. the Northern Steamship Company. On Easter .Monday the deck hands on the steamer Waiotahi worked between 7 a.m. And 8 a.m., and the company refused to pay overtime. The masistrate held thai clause 6 of the awe rr' was a general clause for overtime, rovered by c ' a J?* ! 12, which was a special clause for tM ! work in question.' Mr. .justice Stringer, in reviewing the appeal, which ne held, said clause 12 was. general, and defined the rights of-employers and wot*ers.on Sunday.and holidays, while tut ship was in port. Clause 6, however, defined the rights of the parties on Sundays and bolidays when the vessel wee on excursions. In allowing the apP** l * ' the Court also granted costs, £i •'•
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 303, 20 December 1917, Page 4
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161SEAMEN'S AWARD. Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 303, 20 December 1917, Page 4
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