THE PAINTERS' DISPUTE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 136, 10 June 1926, Page 7

THE PAINTERS' DISPUTE.

! DOMINION AWARD SOUGHT. COS" ! f-lATION PROCEEDINGS. fßy Telez.-nnn.— Sppcia) to "*ur."> WET-T.IN'OTi'iN , . tin* d.iy. The hnrtrliv,' ■ •:' t!ie dispute in tlu> painfiii;r and dei-oratin-j; trade, in wlii.-n -i Dominion ;r«r! i- « h ■>«- tinned before I in; < oii.-iljnri.ni ' ••'•'"■'•'l ve-ri'ril:i v. After ivf.-rrin? :o uw Ar'»itrati <n minutes nif before i'ea-iii'_' «ork .' r!ie [,urpr-,. ~f wji-sliimr. .Hi addition « n mad.' ro rite a.i-- .lau-c in wliicii .-al-- - mini;].'. iii<tcmperinj. ai:d lime iva-mmr iwr.> -pe.'iii'-'l -\- iimong t'-ie iluries- nf x painter. An application by thp union* for •■ '.vase* increase of 7d per hour, making liie rate - M. was held over, as was also one. for 1/0 a day extra for men in charge Of jobs. With resard ro travelling time, i: win agreed to ti.\ :iie distance beyond wiiiii triivellin-r time would l)e paid at a mile .i:i,l α-lialf from t!u» centre of the town. The unions agreed to forego their claim tor ilonblt! time ~•. ertime rates, and the present a.yard rate waa accepted. There. «j; no agreement on the claim for I i> per meal where workers have *» work overtime after f> p.m. and similarly jvery four hours afterwards. A«ub-olau*c was aided providing that no workers should be compelled to worlc more than five hours without an interval for a rupa!.