SEAMEN'S WAGES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 260, 2 November 1932, Page 8

SEAMEN'S WAGES.

10 PER CENT CUT ACCEPTED. NEGOTIATIONS WITH OWNERS BALLOT TO BE TAKEN. (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. It is reported that the members of the New Zealand Seamen's Federation have agreed to the application as from yesterday of a 10 per cent reduction in wages, made under order of the Arbitration Court in June last. As the federation's agreement, which expired in August last, was not made under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, it" was not subject to the general order, but, in the proposals made by the owners for a new agreement, a cut of 20 per cent was suggested. The new terms have been the subject of negotiation between the parties during the past month, and the first development is an unofficial announcement that, pending the negotiation of a settlement, the unions have agreed to continue working under wages reduced by 10 per" cent, and that a ballot is to be taken to decide whether the additional 10 per cent reduction proposed by the owners should form part of the new gareement.