RAILWAY OFFICERS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 152, 29 June 1926, Page 13

RAILWAY OFFICERS.

CONFERENCE RESOLUTIONS.

SALARIES ANTD DUTIES. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Monday. At the annual conference of the Eail- | way Officers' Institute, which was resumed to-day, members expressed agreement on the following points concerning rates of-pay and flolidays:— That members of the first division be paid special rates for all time worked between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. That Sunday rates be paid to members brought on duty on Sunday to commence or finish a' shift. That the conference press for the minimum pay of four hours for time worked on Christmas Day, Good Friday, and Anzac Day. That members booked on duty on the Sovereign's birthday and on Labour Day be paid for and treated the same as for Good Friday, Christmas Day and Anzac Day. That overtime leave up to six days due to members at the time of their going on annual leave be conjoined with the aiinual leave. That in case of a member's annual leave being absorbed by sick leave any statutory departmental holidays worked shall not be forfeited with the annual leave. That if a member applies for part of his annual leave during the summer months, the Department should give consideration to such application. It was resolved to press for a new issue of accounts, instruction and other books, and to ask that any error in returns be dealt with entirely by the chief accountant, instead of through the district traffic offices, as at present. The following remit from Wanganui and Wellington was discussed at the adjournment:—That the Institute is opposed to the practice of the Department in calling for application for vacant positions.