SHIRT WORKERS' DISPUTE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 138, 12 June 1936, Page 10

SHIRT WORKERS' DISPUTE.

FOR ARBITRATION COURT. The dispute brought by the New Zealand Shirt, White and Silk Workers' Industrial Association of Employees which was heard before Mr. S. Ritchie, conciliation commissioner, yesterday afternoon, is to be submitted to the Arbitration Court for settlement as the question of hours and rates of pay caused a deadlock. The union's principal claims were for a 40-liour week and for rates of pay substantially the same as those asked for in the clothing trades dispute. While agreement could not be reached 011 the major issues, agreement was reached on many machinery clauses in the proposed award. The employers' assessors were Messrs. F. Cressweli (Christcliuroh), J. Able 'Wellington), A. W. Ncsbet (Wellington), D. Blackie (Dunedin), M. B. Thorpe (Auckland), F. N. Ambler (Auckland), and A. M. Hollander (Christchurch). Assessors for the union were Mi's. Hyder (Wellington), Misses J. Boniface (Christcliurch), G. Stewart (Christchurch), J. Ruiicinian (Dunedin), and Messrs. E. 15. Newton (Wellington), and A, Stewart (Dunedin). Mr. T. O. Bishop, secretary of the Employers' Federation, Wellington, acted as employers' agent, and Mr. J. Roberts, secretary of the association, as the association's representative.