ENGINEERS' AWARD.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 181, 2 August 1929, Page 8

ENGINEERS' AWARD.

TERMS UNALTERED. ARBITRATION COURT DECISION. "UNIONS IN UNEASY STATE." The Arbitration Court had not altered the terms of the expired Dominion engineers, boilermakers and moulders' award, except in so tar as the parties agreed in conciliation. In view of the claims put forward on behalf of the manufacturing section of the industry, a majority of the Court has decided to give that section an opportunity of reopening the matter after the expiration of six months, when further information may be available. Wages for turret lathe turners and a partial exemption for Metters, Ltd., are reserved for further consideration.

In a dissenting opinion Mr. A. L. Monteitlij employees' assessor, stated that the award liad been made at the request of the employers. In the past three separate awards had operated, and the Court was asked T)y the employers to make a comprehensive award, and the present award, which covered moulders, boilermakers and engineers, was the outcome of the application. "I cannot see why a decision to make a comprehensive award, a decision with which I agreed, should within a few weeks be altered, and a suggestion for another small award be made for workers already covered by this comprehensive award," he added. "One minute a grouping is made, and the next a suggestion for a breaking down of this grouping is made, even before the decision for grouping is put into operation. In my opinion such fluctuation leaves unions in a very uneasy state, and is not desirable."