RATES OF PAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 114, 15 May 1936, Page 3

RATES OF PAY.

NEW SCALE STATED. WIDE RANGE OF WORKERS. AGREEMENT PROVISIONS. (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. The agreement rcached between the povernment and the New Zealand Workers' Union regarding terms and conditions of employment on public works is to come into operation on June 1 and to continue in operation until May 30, 1939. The detailed rates of pay as set out in the agreement are as follows: — Axeman, 2/3 per hour; blacksmith's striker, 2/1 J; locomotive cleaner, according to age, 1/1J to 2/; compressor attendant, 2/3; compressor head attendant, 2/4}; concrete worker, tunnel, 2/4}; concrete worker, ordinary, 2/1}; driver, one horse, £4 2/ a week; driver, two horses, £4 6/; each additional horse, 3/ a week extra; motor lorry or tractor driver, up to 30c'.vt, £4 9/; motor lorry driver, over 30cwt, £4 10/; motor roller driver, £4 8/; grader driver (mechanical), £5; steam roller driver, £5, plus 1/6 a day for getting up steam; driver and operator, light two-liorse grader, £4 13/. Other drivers. —Crusher, 2/3 per hour; electric winch or crane, 2/3; steam locomotive under 12" tons, 2/5; electric or petrol locomotive under 12 tons, 2/4 steam crane, 2/5; steam winch, 2/4}; navvy or drag line, 2/6. Fencer, 2/1 A an hour; locomotive fireman, 2/1}; shovel fireman, 2/1 J; concrete ganger, 2/3; line lifter ganger, 2/3; navvy ganger, 2/1 A; tunnel plate layer ganger, 2/4}; plate layer ganger, 2/3; quarry ganger, 2/3; road ganger, 2/1 A to 2/3; scoop ganger, 2/3; tunnel headman, 2/10; labourer, 2/; skilled labourer, 2/1 A; railway line lifter, 2/1. Other Occupations. Quarry macliineman, 2/3 an hour; tunnel ipachineman, 2/4}; platelayer, 2/1}; powerhouse attendant, 2/3; quarryman, 2/1}; leading quarryman, 2/2}; rigger, 2/4}; tunnel shift boss, .2/7; shot firer, 2/1}; locomotive shunter, 2/1}; tar boiler attendant, 2/1}; tar sprayer, 2/3; tool sharpener, 2/3}. Tradesmen, including blacksmith, boilermaker, bricklayer, bridge carpenter, carpenter and joiner, electrician, fitter (including mechanic), painter, plasterer and plumber, etc., 2/6 and 2/7} an hour; tunneller, 2/4}; welder, 2/6 and 2/7}, plus allowance of 1/6 a day. On works where camp accommodation is not available workmen will be paid an allowance of Id an hour for time actually worked. They will not be entitled to payment for travelling time. For workmen living in camp accommodation over a mile from their work and having to walk to their work travelling time will be paid , for at the rate of 20 minutes to the mile. The provision for a working week of 40 hours with an eight-hour day states that all work must be carried out between 7.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. from Monday to Friday inclusive. The ordinary working day in "wet places" is to be six hours a day, with an additional three hours on Saturday and will be paid for at time and a third. Overtime Payments. Another clause states that no overtime whatever is to be permitted by engineers if it is avoidable. However, when overtime is worked payment •at time and a half will be made. Double rates will be paid for all time worked on Saturdays, except where men are making up time lost through wet weather, and also for statutory holidays and Sundays. The men will have the option of taking time off without pay. If a work is situated in a very isolated locality or in a distiict with an er&ceptionally heavy rainfall workmen may, with the Minister's approval, be granted a locality allowance to be determined. Leaving certificates are to be granted to all Workmen and must be presented on application for re-employment. Special rates are set out for horse hire, ranging from 6/6 a day with oaten chaff at £5.a ton to 12/ a day with oaten chaff at £16 a ton. Where practicable the Department agrees to provide and deliver fuel required by workers at cost prices on works where it is not procurable from local dealers. There is provision for a *'smoke-oh" at the option of the workers for ten minutes every morning and afternoon. The agreement will apply to workmen employed on construction works, but not to workmen employed regularly on maintenance or operation of existing w r orks or services. Neither will it apply to workmen appointed by the Public Service Commissioner.