NEW AWARDS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 136, 10 June 1936, Page 11

NEW AWARDS.

FERRY EMPLOYEES' CLAIM. CONFERENCE OF PARTIES. Although employees of the Devon port Ferry Company recently had the 10 per . cent cut restored to them, they have submitted claims for new awards to the [employers which provide for further inI creases in wages. The parties yesterday met in conference to consid.er the claims submitted by the Ferry Com- ' I pany'e Employees' Union and the Ferry ■ I Company's Engineers' Union, but after , very brief deliberations it wa<s agreed ' that the whole question should be re- | ferred to the Arbitration Court for .settlement. A settlement was not reached I on a single clause. ! The employees are seeking a six-day . week, of shifts not exceeding seven hours each, as against a week consisting of hours ranging from 50 to 56 at present, and improved conditions generally. The rates of pay asked are as follow..with the existing wages schedule being given '■ in parentheses: Masters and engineers. j£6 10/ (£5 10/); mates, firemen and , night cleaners, £5 (£4 5/); wharf hands and ticket collectors, £4 10/ ',(£4). i INSURANCE CLERKS. QUESTION OF A UNION.

There was a good muster of insurance clerks at the Chamber of Commerce rooms when a meeting was held for the purpose of discussing the effect that the formation of a clerks' union in Wellington is likely to have on clerks in Auckland. An outline was given to those present as to the trend of the new industrial lesislation, but in view of the lack of definite information concerning the position it was agreed to make further inquiries before convening a further meeting. No decision, it is stated, was reached as to the formation of a union.